The commitment of Series To between the Lecce and the Lazio was marked again by the racism. The fans of the group capitalino did discriminatory chants to Samuel Umtiti, footballer 'giallorossi' yielded by the FC Barcelona, and also Lameck Band, forward of 21 born years in the district homónimo of Lusaka, in Zambia.
The facts occurred this Wednesday in the Stadio Via of the Mare during the day 16 of the Italian league, when the destined terracing to the followers 'biancocelesti' began to corear racist sentences on the footballers of the Lecce. To the percatarse of the situation, the referee of the commitment, Livio Marinelli, took the decision to detain the meeting.
However, the reaction of inflate them venues was immediate and began to sing the name of the exjugador Barcelona for callar the voices of the desadaptados. In fact, it went the own French the one who asked to the referee restart the actions of the party. One that the Lecce would finish tracing back (2-1) in the complement with goals of Gabriel Strefezza (57') and Lorenzo Colombo (71').
It left between tears
The recognised Italian newspaper 'The Gazzetta dello Sport' aimed that, minutes after the main judge dictated the end of the commitment, Umtiti broke to cry way to the changing rooms. The president of the Lecce, Saverio Sticchi Damiani, condemned categorically these actions and affirmed that the defender "answered like a true champion", so much inside as out of the terrains of game.