The Juventus and France midfielder Blaise Matuidi says that abandoning a match in the event of racist abuse by fans at this summer’s World Cup could be “the correct course of action”.
“Not necessarily if it’s two or three people [perpetrating the abuse] – even though that’s two or three too many – but if it’s maybe 100 or so, then that’s different,” says Matuidi. “Abandoning the match could then be the correct course of action [Fifa now allows referees to make that decision]. But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.”
Matuidi does not enjoy having to denounce racism. Speaking to the Guardian at Juventus’s training centre just outside Turin before Wednesday’s Champions League showdown with Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, the Frenchman explains that he takes more pleasure in showing what he is for than what he is against. But being targeted for racist abuse by fans during two matches in Serie A this season forced him to make a stand.
Source :- theguaraian
“Not necessarily if it’s two or three people [perpetrating the abuse] – even though that’s two or three too many – but if it’s maybe 100 or so, then that’s different,” says Matuidi. “Abandoning the match could then be the correct course of action [Fifa now allows referees to make that decision]. But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.”
Matuidi does not enjoy having to denounce racism. Speaking to the Guardian at Juventus’s training centre just outside Turin before Wednesday’s Champions League showdown with Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, the Frenchman explains that he takes more pleasure in showing what he is for than what he is against. But being targeted for racist abuse by fans during two matches in Serie A this season forced him to make a stand.
Source :- theguaraian
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