Kalidou Koulibaly was seen facing off with the Fiorentina fans who directed racial chants his way and called him a monkey
Italy and racism, its a love story which has over the years managed to withstand the test of time. Despite a slew of worldwide campaigns striving to curb the menace of racism in sports, a section of the Italian society has refused to be daunted.
Racism has stayed strong in the country with football matches in particular seeing boisterous fans fill the arena with racist chants. The ongoing 2021/22 season of Serie A has been no different with a raft of matches being riddled with racial abuses directed at both white and black players.
Kalidou Koulibaly Takes On Fiorentina Fans Who Called Him A Monkey
The bygone contest between Napoli and Fiorentina was no different with the trivalent of Kalidou Koulibaly, Victor Osimhen and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa subjected to racist abuse during Sundayโs 2-1 win in Florence.
Having fans back has been great. But there was a sour note in Florence today. Osimhen was on the end of some monkey chants – a handful of people – and then Koulibaly had something as he left the pitch. He stood and seemed to exchange words with the idiots. #FiorentinaNapoli pic.twitter.com/n0aCdUSRWt
— Conor Clancy (@ConJClancy) October 3, 2021
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