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Premier League officials have no plans to drastically change their current rules regarding racial abuse during matches. The news, reported by The Guardian, comes as separate incidents occurred during games involving Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend.
Select Udinese fans directed racial abuse towards AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan throughout the match. The star shot-stopper eventually walked off of the pitch due to the abhorrent behavior from the stands. The two teams, however, later resumed play and Milan eventually won the game thanks to a late goal from Noah Okafor.
The issue at the Serie A match came on the same day as another racist incident paused an EFL Championship fixture. Wednesday supporters made monkey noises towards Coventry’s Kasey Palmer during the game. Much like the Udinese situation, officials temporarily halted the English match. Following the break, the visiting Sky Blues went on to beat Wednesday 2-1 on the day.
FIFA boss calls on much harsher penalties for abuse
After the incidents, FIFA president Gianna Infantino took to social media to demand changes to the current laws involving racism. Infantino called for teams to forfeit matches when their fans racially abuse a player from the opposing club.
“As well as the three-step process (match stopped, match re-stopped, match abandoned), we have to implement an automatic forfeit for the team whose fans have committed racism and caused the match to be abandoned, as well as worldwide stadium bans and criminal charges for racists,” Infantino posted on X.
“FIFA and football shows full solidarity to victims of racism and any form of discrimination. Once and for all: No to racism! No to any form of discrimination! The events that took place in Udine and Sheffield on Saturday are totally abhorrent and completely unacceptable.”
“The players affected by Saturday’s events have my undivided support,” continued the FIFA exec. “We need ALL the…
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-01-23 16:21:29
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