VIDEO: ANGRY FOOTBALL PLAYER KICKS BALL AT FANS AFTER HEARING RACIST ABUSE
Home > News Shots > SportsBy Vinershea | Nov 04, 2019 08:13 PM
In a sad and shocking case, Italy football player Mario Balotelli got furious during a game after he suffered racist abuses during a Serie A match on Sunday.
Balotelli, is a star player for Brescia, who was dribbling the ball in a corner, when he fumed to anger by the fans who were hurling racist abuses at him. He was so furious and irritated by the audience watching the match that he kicked the ball at the fans in the stands.
In a video that has gone viral, minutes after Balotelli kicking the ball his own teammates as well as the opponent players rushed to calm him down but nothing could.
Balotelli even threatened to walk out from the match after which both the team players convinced him on the field.
Minutes after the match, when Vernoa coach Ivan Juric met media- he said “No racist chants, nothing at all. To say otherwise is a lie,” he said.
Meanwhile, the club president Maurizio Setti stated that the comments made by the crowd were “light-hearted, not racist. We are the first to condemn racism but it is wrong to generalise... Maybe two or three people among 20,000 fans might have said something".
According to NDTV Sports report, due to this issue the match was suspended for a few minutes. Also, a message was read out on the stadium loudspeaker warning fans that the game can be cancelled if there was a repeat of any abuse.
Mario Balotelli kicks the ball into the stand and attempts to walk off the pitch.
If all 22 players walk out of the pitch every weekend, I guess this racist chants in football grounds will be eliminated.
This is terrible to watch and my heart goes to Balotelli.#SayNoToRacism pic.twitter.com/cKTwUGzI8N
— Lawrence Evra Okoro (@LawrenceokoroNg) November 3, 2019
