Racism Controversy Erupts at Inter-Napoli Match

A case erupted at the final whistle of Inter-Napoli: Francesco Acerbi and Juan Jesus, protagonists not only on the field but also in front of the cameras with the Inter defender allegedly racially insulting his colleague from Napoli during the match. "He called me 'black', and that's not okay. I'm not okay with that," were the words caught by Juan Jesus's lip-reading by the referee La Penna at the time of the incident. Images that quickly went viral on social media even before the end of the match. Moreover, this all took place on an evening dedicated by the Serie A League to the fight against racism. In the hours that followed, meanwhile, the rain of social insults for Acerbi did not stop, reaching him on his Instagram channels not only from Napoli fans but also from the same Inter fans touched by the racist offense that would have occurred on the field: "Go away, we don't want racists at Inter," his own fans write to him.