Umtiti in tears after the racist bullies Solidarity from Infantino Sticchi Damiani arrives: «Lecce is with you»

LECCE – «Solidarity to Samuel Umtiti and Lameck Banda. Let’s shout out loud NO TO RACISM!. Let the vast majority of fans, who are good people, stand up and silence all racists once and for all!” Thus, on Instagram where he also posted a photo of Umtiti with the Lecce shirt, the president of Fifa Gianni Infantino comments on what happened at the stadium in Via del Mare, where the two players of the Apulian team were repeatedly subjected to racist insults by Lazio fans, also forcing referee Marinelli to suspend the match for two minutes which was won by the Apulians 2-1 with goals from Strefezza and Colombo in the second half which matched Immobile’s initial advantage.

The words of the Giallorossi number one

A message, that of the president of Fifa, which comes after the words of the president of Lecce, Saverio Sticchi Damiani, terribly sorry above all for the tears of Umtiti, the French world champion who left the field crying for the howls that rained down from the fan sector of the Lazio. «I embraced Samuel, as I do with all of his companions. After each challenge I want to greet the boys and the staff – explains the number one of the Salento club -. when the referee stopped the game, waiting for the announcer to call for an end to the racist chants, Umtiti asked for the game to resume, because he wanted to respond to the insults received on the pitch. He reacted like a true champion. It was nice to see our fans – commented the Giallorossi president – singing Umtiti’s name and drowning out those ugly howls. It was a civil and intelligent response.”