Of course, there is a lot of racial discrimination in some small countries in Europe, including Eastern and Southern Europe. There are countless fans of racial discrimination in football matches. Even all the fans of a team are racist. This kind of thing is not uncommon in football.
This kind of thing happens even in Champions League games. But their impact is average.
Why?
Because those games are in some games that are not taken seriously, either in the Champions League qualifiers, or in some less important Champions League group matches.
But this game is different.
This is a strong dialogue in the Champions League group stage. Although it is not a dialogue between traditional European giants, Chelsea and Lazio are both currently strong European teams, so they are still very eye-catching.
Needless to say, Lazio is a very crazy team in Europe in recent seasons. Just look at their activity in the transfer market in recent seasons. This summer they made another big deal, buying Mendie for 48 million euros.
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Chelsea's popularity has also surged recently due to the praise from the English media.
No matter what, he is a five-time champion.
Even if you don’t admit it, you are still five champions.
Therefore, this game is still the highlight of the first game of the Champions League group stage.
Unexpectedly, something like this happened.
So it attracts more attention.
After the game, Su Yun even criticized "Lazio fans are not human beings." Of course, this criticism was not very serious. Eto'o actually said, "No wonder this is the country where Mussolini was born."
Eto'o's criticism was far more serious than Su Yun's.
Who was Mussolini?
This is considered a little taboo in Europe.
But Eto'o, a big mouth, said it without any scruples.
Almost all Chelsea players expressed great dissatisfaction.
As a former Lazio star, Di Matteo, who is now at Chelsea, also condemned those Lazio fans: "I am very disappointed. The Lazio fans I like are not like this. I think these extreme fans. They should be punished."
Of course, after Chelsea returned, the British football community immediately supported Chelsea.
Start with Arsenal.
As a victim last season, Vieira was the first to stand up: "I said that the air in Rome is filled with the smell of racial discrimination. I don't know what the Italian Football Association is. This racial discrimination scandal in Lazio has always been
Continuously, but I have not seen any reaction measures from the Italian Football Association. This is completely the result of connivance."
"Lazio are a bunch of racists from top to bottom."
And Wenger also came to the fore.
"I think England has done a good job in this regard. Italy is not only Lazio, fans in many places have this tendency. I think this is a problem for the entire Italian football. If these problems are not taken care of, Italian football will
Completely rotten.”
Paul Ince's rebuke was even harsher.
"Those so-called racists are a group of barbarians. Like what happened this time, Lazio fans are completely a group of football hooligans. Their racial discrimination is deep in their bones and it is impossible to change.
This kind of thing must not be tolerated. Clubs like Lazio should completely ban home fans from entering. Their home stadium should be canceled directly."
Paul Ince is the first black captain of the England national team. He once played for Inter Milan for two years.
When he grew up, racial discrimination was very serious in England.
When he arrived at Inter Milan, he encountered a lot of racial discrimination in Italian football.
Ferguson also supported Chelsea.
"If something like this happens again, the team can choose to withdraw. At that time, coach Su Yun should have just withdrawn with Chelsea."
Manchester United's Ferdinand even said: "They should be burned to death."
In addition to these coaches and players in the British football world, the British football media has been overwhelmingly critical.
The response from the British media was huge.
Who is Chelsea?
If it were Chelsea a few years ago, the reaction from the British media would definitely not be so intense. Because Chelsea at that time was a veritable foreign team, and there was even a period of time when Chelsea did not even have a local player in the starting lineup.
But it's different now.
Terry, Williams, Lampard and Parker are all local players from England.
In addition, Chelsea is a team that has been favored by the British football media recently. They also expect Williams to bring a Ballon d'Or to England.
Williams is now a national treasure.
Chelsea were certainly not satisfied with this kind of treatment.
A huge storm is brewing in the English media.
Such as chao's criticism.
All the media headlines are about this incident.
Criticizing Lazio fans.
And the British media are not just criticizing this one thing. The British media have uncovered all the scandals involving Lazio fans and players over the years.
Racial discrimination in Lazio has a long history.
Their scandals can even be written into a book. Add them all up, and Lazio feels like a den of gangsters. Of course, some of them are exaggerated by the British media. But this is the effect that the media wants.
The British media describes Lazio as the best asshole club in the world.
racism!
No matter what these European countries think in their hearts, they behave the same way from the outside. They must show a clear line with racial discrimination. Therefore, the reactions of the European media this time are similar.
The nature is very serious.
Not only the English media, but also Spanish media, German media, and French media are reprimanding Lazio fans for this behavior. They believe that the racial discrimination of Lazio fans is a cancer on the football field.
If the Spanish media and German media follow the trend, then the French media is very active.
Because France is a country with many black people.
It is estimated that half of the teams in Ligue 1 are black. And many of the current top players in the French national team are black. Even if they are not black, they are of black ancestry. They are of mixed race.
Therefore, their criticism became much more positive.
Faced with such overwhelming criticism, the Lazio club really couldn't even cry.
Why are you scolding us?
There is a lot of pressure on the Lazio club.
Really big.
All the accusations are directed at the club, how can the pressure not be great?
In fact, the Lazio club is very innocent. Lazio president Cragnotti really wants to shout to the world that the racial discrimination of these extreme fans has nothing to do with him.
I am wronged!
Cragnotti was actually angrier than Chelsea.
He hates these extreme Lazio fans. Their behavior has made Lazio unlucky many times. Home fans have also been banned from entering the stadium several times.
This not only affects the club's income, but also greatly reduces the club's reputation.
During last season’s Rome derby, Lazio fans shouted “Nigger team, Jewish Roma!”
Things were big at that time.
After all, it was the much-anticipated Rome Derby. It shocked the entire Italian football world.
In the end, the Italian Football Federation fined Lazio, and then deprived fans of the two home games from the opportunity to enter the stadium.
Lazio was really infamous at that time.
Everyone was criticizing Lazio. Because what happened at that time was not long apart from Mihajlovic's incident, Lazio became the target of European media bombardment for a period of time.
Craniotti is very innocent.
This is not something I condoned or instigated by myself.
This summer he wanted to change this situation. So he planned to introduce Thuram, hoping to use this transfer to change the outside world's negative perception of Lazio. Unfortunately, Thuram went to Juventus. One reason is that Thuram is very important to Lazio.
Lazio is dissatisfied with such serious racial discrimination.
After losing Thuram, Craniotti did not give up this idea.
He introduced Liverani Cragnotti, the first black player in the history of the Italian national team, just to use this step, not only to change the outside world's perception, but also to eliminate the extreme racial discrimination among Lazio fans.
He has worked very hard.
But it’s really a bit of a back-up.
This kind of thing happened again in such a crucial game.
He really wants to cry out for injustice.
Damn it, it has nothing to do with me.
Although he thought it was very unlucky.
But no one would understand him or sympathize with him. Instead, everyone would blame him.
Clubs and fans are closely linked in Europe. Just like Bolton Wanderers, after Manchester United's Munich air crash, all the fans mocked the Munich air crash.
This was a sensation in British football.
All the British media are criticizing Bolton fans for this behavior.
Since then, they have been isolated from English teams.
It is even difficult to buy players domestically. In desperation, they can only buy players from outside.
This is a typical case where fans make trouble and the team takes responsibility.
The same situation is happening now with Lazio.
Lazio president Cragnotti said angrily in front of the media: "Those racist fans are not Lazio fans. Lazio does not have such fans. We Lazio do not need such fans."
Regarding Lazio President Calagnotti's statement, the largest "staunch" group among Lazio fans also stated that this matter has nothing to do with them.
They said that this incident was not done by members of their organization.
And he also criticized the fans who caused trouble.
Things are getting bigger and bigger.
Even the mayor of Rome came out to condemn those Lazio fans. The mayor of Rome usually doesn't care about this. But in Italy football and politics are linked.
And now there are so many criticisms. In addition to criticizing Lazio, there are also people criticizing this defense work.
In particular, those on the field were criticized the most.
On the broadcast screen, many police officers who were supposed to maintain order were watching the excitement.
Didn't fulfill its responsibility at all.
This has also become the target of criticism in many media.
And just as Vieira criticized, there is a smell of racial discrimination in the air in Rome.
These criticisms are severe.
It had a very bad impact on the city of Rome.
So the mayor of Rome came out and said that those Lazio fans were just a small group of extreme fans. Then he severely criticized their behavior.
The media response this time was indeed huge.
The pressure from UEFA is not small either.
They announced the penalty decision quickly. They first punished Lazio Club with a fine of 60,000 euros. Of course, this amount of money is a piece of cake for Lazio Club.
But the subsequent punishment is much more serious.
UEFA announced that fans will not be allowed to attend the next five home games.
The Lazio club has suffered heavy losses, both financially and in terms of reputation.
