Verona’s Stadium Ban For Balotelli Racist Abuse Suspended
November 21, 2019
2:54 pm
Italian club Verona’s partial one-match stadium closure for racist chants directed at Brescia striker Mario Balotelli in a Serie A game earlier this month was suspended on appeal Thursday.
The Italian Football Federation’s (FIGC) disciplinary commission had ordered Verona to host Fiorentina on Sunday with the “Poltrone Est” section of their Bentegodi Stadium closed.
It followed racist chanting directed towards Italian international Balotelli during his team’s 2-1 defeat on November 3 in Verona.
Despite denials of abuse from Verona, a video published on Twitter by a fan showed a number of supporters abusing Balotelli before the forward kicked the ball …
