Sulley Ali Muntari has been suspended by the Disciplinary Commission for walking off during Cagliari-Pescara due to racist insults, but Inter and Lazio have suspended bans.<\/p>\n
The incident caused huge controversy in Serie A and beyond, as the midfielder was booked by the referee for dissent.<\/p>\n
The Ghana international then became angry and walked off the field, as the official refused to stop the game.<\/p>\n
Not only has the Muntari yellow card not been rescinded, and therefore he is given a one-match ban, but also Cagliari have avoided any punishment for the racist chants.<\/p>\n
This is because the officials at the ground wrote in their report that the racist chants were coming from only around 10 people, thus less than one per cent of the circa 2,000 in the stadium.<\/p>\n
They also noted it was only audible because the rest of the supporters were staging a \u2018silent protest\u2019 and therefore the decision was made not to penalise Cagliari, not even with a warning or a fine.<\/p>\n
However, racist chants were clearly heard from Inter fans aimed towards Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly \u201cfrom 80 per cent of the 7,000 people\u201d in the \u2018secondo anello verde\u2019 section of the stands.<\/p>\n
That section of San Siro is, therefore, closed, albeit only as a suspended sentence for a period of a year.<\/p>\n
The same punishment was aimed at Lazio and the Curva Nord, where again 80 per cent of the 7,000 people in that area were judged to be taking part in the racist chant towards Roma defender Antonio Rudiger.<\/p>\n
Lazio\u2019s Curva Nord was given a suspended sentence for one year, pending closure of that section.<\/p>\n
Inter were also fined \u20ac10,000 for chants of \u2018territorial discrimination\u2019 against Napoli supporters and Genoa fined \u20ac15,000 for throwing fireworks.<\/p>\n
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Source: Football Italia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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