Gravina on racist chants to Vlahovic: “Ready to do what I did for Lukaku”

The president of the FIGC Gabriel Gravina intervened on the admonition received by Dusan Vlakhovic after the goal scored in Atalanta-Juventus. The Serbian striker – author of the goal of the final 2-0 for Juve – had been sanctioned by referee Dover for having cheered by silencing the Bergamo fans who had pelted him with racist chants. The controversy over yellow a Vlakhovic recalled that of Lukaku, with the difference that the former Fiorentina player was not warned. The Inter striker – booked for the same reason in the first leg of the semifinals of Italian Cup at the Allianz Stadium – was pardoned “in an exceptional and extraordinary way” by the number one of the Football Association, who lifted the ban allowing the Belgian to take the field in the second leg at San Siro, which Inter won later. The chairman of the referees Charles Pacificihad however clarified how the grace a Lukaku did not constitute a valid precedent for not admonishing those who silence the public. Gravina he returned to the question, explaining that – if the same conditions were to occur – he would be ready to repeat for Vlakhovic what has already been done for Lukaku: “There is a political, ethical and civil competence for which I assume full responsibility, exercising it within the limits permitted by common sense and the law. This is what I did and will do if the same conditions were to occur in the event Vlakhovic“.

Gravina: “FIGC against all forms of racism without distinction of shirts”

“Our Federation, together with the whole world of sport – he added Gravina – is against all sorts of racism, against racists, of any shape and color. Lukaku And Vlakhovic whether they are, we do not make distinctions of shirts. We are all united to fight this scourge which has reappeared in an overbearing way”.

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by Niccolo Maurelli

03 May 2023