Italian Sports Daily Blasts ‘Lynching’ Over ‘Black Friday’
December 6, 2019
2:43 pm
Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport has described the backlash over its controversial “Black Friday” headline as a “lynching”.
The front-page headline accompanied an article about the first Serie A meeting between former Manchester United teammates Romelu Lukaku and Chris Smalling.
“Who are you calling racist? Lynching of a newspaper that for a century has defended liberty and equality,” read the headline of Friday’s newspaper.
Inter Milan striker Lukaku and Roma defender Smalling face off at the San Siro on Friday as the northern side look to maintain top spot in Serie A.
Both players have condemned the headline …
