Infantino wants automatic points forfeiture against racists teams
FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
AC Milan's French goalkeeper Mike Maignan on Sunday called for clubs, fans and the legal system to stand up to racism in football after he was the target of abuse in an Italian Serie A match. Maignan talked of a mob mentality that shrugged off responsibility as a factor that allowed the phenomena to continue in contemporary society. "It is easy to act in a group, in the anonymity from the stands. "The spectators who were in the stand, who saw everything, who heard everything, but who chose to remain silent, you are complicit," said the goalkeeper in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Mike Maignan geram jadi korban rasisme saat bertanding di lapangan. Kiper AC Milan itu menyerang pihak-pihak yang bungkam dan mendiamkan pelecehan semacam itu.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Saturday that teams whose fans engage in racist abuse should be made to forfeit following incidents in Italy's Serie A and England's Championship.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse after the "totally abhorrent" incidents at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday.
Skuad AC Milan sempat mogok main setelah Mike Maignan dapat chant hinaan rasisme dari fans Udinese. Maignan langusng copot sarung tangannya dan tinggalkan lapangan kemudian diikuti para pemain Rossoneri lainnya.
Mike Maignan fired back on Saturday at "ignorant" fans who aimed monkey chants at the France goalkeeper during AC Milan's dramatic 3-2 win at Udinese which was temporarily halted due to the abuse. Milan are six points behind league leaders Inter Milan, who are in Saudi Arabia contesting the Italian Super Cup, in third place after Noah Okafor poked home the winner in the third minute of stoppage time. But the match was marred by a group of Udinese supporters racially abusing Maignan during the first half, leading to referee Fabio Maresca stopping play and a livid Maignan storming down the tunnel with his teammates.
Laga Udinese vs AC Milan sempat terhenti di babak pertama. Rossoneri menarik diri dari lapangan usai Mike Maignan jadi target rasisme dari suporter lawan.