Juventus Officially Warned Ahead Of Inter Milan Match

Filed under: Inter Milan, Juventus, Racism

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Even with hopes that last season’s verbal abuse of Inter Milan attacker Mario Balotelli will not happen again, Italian Football President Giancarlo Abete has officially warned Juventus that the match will be suspended for at least 10 minutes if racist chanting is heard anywhere inside the Stadio Olimpico.

Via SkySports 

Italian football federation president Giancarlo Abete made the warning after fans abused Inter striker Mario Balotelli, who is of Ghanaian descent, last season.

Juve were ordered to play one game in an empty stadium as punishment and since then, the Turin-based club has already been fined this season after fans sung racially offensive songs about the striker in recent weeks.

In preparation for Saturday’s game, Abete said on Monday that the referee and the police can take a joint decision if there is abuse

Image via Sportlive.It 

Added on Monday, November 30th, 2009 by dunny

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