Juventus condemn racist abuse of their US midfielder Weston McKennie
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Version 0 of 1. Juve say remarks came from Parma fans after match Players have been racially abused across Europe USA midfielder Weston McKennie was subjected to racist abuse after Juventus completed a 2-0 season-opening home win over Parma in Serie A, the Italian club said on Sunday. Juventus posted a statement on social media saying McKennie was the target of “discriminatory racist remarks by individuals in the away section” while he was warming down with teammates. “Juventus strongly condemns this incident and any form of racism, and will ensure full cooperation with the sporting justice authorities to identify those responsible,” Juventus said in the statement. McKennie was a late substitute in the match in Turin, where Canada forward Jonathan David scored in his Serie A debut for Juventus. McKennie joined Juventus in 2020. In 2023, Fiorentina were given a suspended partial stadium ban after fans directed racist and discriminatory chants at McKennie and other Juventus players. Sunday’s incident is the latest in a series of racism allegations in European football. Fifa president Gianni Infantino last week described two incidents of alleged racist abuse which marred German Cup games as “unacceptable.” Infantino’s comments were in the wake of allegations Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei was subjected to racist abuse in a cup game at Lokomotive Leipzig and a Kaiserslautern substitute was racially abused while warming up in a game at RSV Eintracht. UK police arrested a man on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during a Premier League game on 16 August. The man was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense after Semenyo, who is Black, reported to the referee that he was racially abused by a spectator in the first half of the match at Anfield. |