Zambian player receives racial taunts from Lazio supporters

Lameck Banda of Zambia and Samuel Umtiti of Lecce have both experienced racial taunts from visiting Lazio fans on Wednesday in Italy’s Serie A.

According to the international media, reports the referee stopped the game in the second half because of the racist taunts.

France international Umtiti was the primary target of the abuse.

𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊 𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒛𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊 𝑺𝑶𝑴𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑰 𝒅𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊 𝒅'𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐! 𝑻𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅 𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆 @samumtiti !

#KeepRacismOut @SerieA pic.twitter.com/wqGWCOGDQ7

— U.S. Lecce (@OfficialUSLecce) January 4, 2023

Lecce, who won 2-1, afterwards praised their fans for responding to the abuse by chanting Umtiti’s name.

“The racist chants were submerged by those of encouragement,” the club said in a tweet.

Source: BBC