Juventus Condemn Racist Abuse Of Their Us Midfielder Weston Mckennie

USA midfielder Weston McKennie was subjected to racist maltreatment aft Juventus completed a 2-0 season-opening location triumph complete Parma successful Serie A, nan Italian nine said connected Sunday.

Juventus posted a connection connected societal media saying McKennie was nan target of “discriminatory racist remarks by individuals successful nan distant section” while he was warming down pinch teammates.

“Juventus powerfully condemns this incident and immoderate shape of racism, and will guarantee afloat practice pinch nan sporting justness authorities to place those responsible,” Juventus said successful nan statement.

Sunday’s incident is nan latest successful a bid of racism allegations successful European football.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino past week described 2 incidents of alleged racist maltreatment which marred German Cup games arsenic “unacceptable.”

Infantino’s comments were successful nan aftermath of allegations Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei was subjected to racist maltreatment successful a cup crippled astatine Lokomotive Leipzig and a Kaiserslautern substitute was racially abused while warming up successful a crippled astatine RSV Eintracht.

UK constabulary arrested a man connected suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth guardant Antoine Semenyo during a Premier League crippled connected 16 August. The man was arrested connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid discourtesy aft Semenyo, who is Black, reported to nan referee that he was racially abused by a spectator successful nan first half of nan lucifer astatine Anfield.