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outspoken in relation to the concept of
“50-50” responsibility, saying: “Bonucci is
saying something that many people think:
namely, that blacks deserve whatever

Bonucci had pulled Kean away from the
ultra end of the ground, apparently trying
to move him out of harm’s way, in what
looked like the classic gesture of a team
senator modulating the behaviour of
an imprudent young team-mate. And
perhaps Bonucci’s comments were made
in that same spirit, in an attempt to offer
some wise counsel.
But even though Bonucci would later
go out of his way to clarify his position
and express a total rejection of any racist
position, his words prompted a wave of
outraged protest, much of it coming from
outside Italy.
Black players, past and present,
immediately expressed their solidarity
with Kean.
Lilian Thuram, himself a former
Juventus player, was particularly


happens to them...Bonucci doesn’t say
that the fans are in the wrong, rather
he says that Kean went looking for it.
“This is just like those people who,

Goal...Kean scores
Juventus’ second
at Cagliari (right)
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