2019-05-01_World_Soccer

and managed in the Premier League,
went on to add: “Even in England, where
they are much ahead of us in the fight
against racism, these things still happen...
but, still, we have got to do a lot more to
wipe them out.”
For the moment it is not clear what

ITALY

disciplinary sanctions will be imposed

on Cagliari in relation to the incident.

When the Italian Football Federation’s

chief investigator, Gerardo Mastrandrea,

sat down to consider the case he

immediately adjourned it so he could

gather more evidence in order to

understand “the dimensions and the

real impact of these phenomena”.

Given the international outcry

prompted by the events at Cagliari, it is

easy to understand why Mastrandrea and

the federation are treating this case with

the utmost caution.

It is, however, interesting to note that

the only punishment handed down so far

has been to Kean himself, who received a

€2,000 fine for simulation in the penalty

area after being yellow carded for an

alleged dive.

The point here is that federation rules

also allow for the fining of a club whose

fans have behaved in a “discriminatory”

manner – and that observation prompts

two questions.

Firstly, will the federation use those

powers? And, secondly, will it have any

impact, even if they do?

While football awaits an answer, Kean

gave the perfect response when coming

off the bench in the 66th minute against

Milan to score Juve’s 84th-minute winner

with a goal in which he combined clever

movement with lethal finishing.

And that’s the thing about Kean – he

is very, very good.

“No white man can even begin to imagine what it

feels like when a stadium, or part of a stadium,

makes monkey noises at you”

Ex France and Milan midfielder Vikash Dhorasoo

Support...Joao

Cancelo with

team-mate Kean

Reply...Kean

celebrates scoring

against Milan (left)

with Bonucci (above)

No action...ref

Piero Giacomelli