FIFA President Gianni Infantino said
Tuesday that international soccer's governing body was committed
to fighting racist "idiots" like those who abused Ghanaian
Sulley Muntari at a recent Serie A match.
The Pescara midfielder got two yellow cards when he tried to
have a game against Cagliari stopped for abuse directed at him
last month.
He managed to get a one-match ban that kicked in due to the
yellow cards overturned, but the former Inter player remains
bitter about the response of the sporting authorities.
"I will speak to Muntari and to (Italian Soccer Federation
President Carlo) Tavecchio," Infantino was quoted as saying by
the Associated Press. "There are always idiots everywhere but we
have to fight them".
Infantino added that he was concerned that FIFA procedure on
such cases was apparently not followed.
"The three-step process is stop the game, make an
announcement, stop the game a while, get the players out," he
said.
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