Juventus defender Medhi Benatia cut
short a post-match interview with State broadcaster RAI after he
said he heard someone say "s***ty Moroccan into his earpiece".
"What stupid person is speaking?" said the 30-year-old
defender, on loan from Bayern Munich, before stopping the
interview after Juve's 1-1 draw with Torino Saturday.
"We demand to know what happened," said the Italian
champions, who are in sight of their sixth straight scudetto.
RAI said they would "get to the bottom of this unfortunate
incident" and voiced solidarity with the player.
The incident comes a week after racist chants against
Pescara's Sulley Muntari in a 1-0 defeat at Cagliari.
The former Ghana international, 32, was booked for dissent
after protesting to the ref and trying to have the game halted
under FIGC regulations. He then received a second yellow card
for walking off the pitch. Officials said they did not take
action because too few fans were involved.
"What happened to Muntari is execrable", said Italian Soccer
Federation (FIGC) chief Carlo Tavecchio, while stressing he
could not comment on the one-match ban served on Muntari because
of the yellow cards.
Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) chief Giovanni Malago', on
the other hand, criticised the ban.
"Common sense was needed, we have to change the rules," said
Malago', who said "this was a typically Italian affair, adding
insult to injury".
Malago' and Tavecchio both called for further action to stamp
out racism.
The Muntari incident was not the only case of racism last
weekend.
Lazio were sanctioned for monkey chants against Roma's
Germany defender Antonio Rudiger and Inter Milan were sanctioned
for racist chanting against Napoli's Senegal defender Kalidou
Koulibaly.
Both clubs were sentenced to play a future game with a
section of the ground closed.
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