Acerbi, how many days of disqualification does the Inter defender risk for the insult to Juan Jesus. The previous

If the alleged racist insult to the Napoli player were to be ascertained, a major attack is possible. He defends himself: “Never said certain phrases”. Meanwhile, the call-up to the national team for the friendly matches in the USA has been cancelled. Coach Spalletti: “We need attention, we have responsibilities”

di Redazione Sport
18 marzo 2024

Milan, 18 March 2024 – Il alleged racist insult addressed to the Napoli defender Juan Jesus it could be really expensive Francesco Acerbi. Meanwhile, the Inter player will not take part in the match expedition of the Italian national team to the USA for the friendlies against Venezuela and Ecuador, but there is a wait to find out what the outcome will be decision of the sports judge.

Francesco Acerbi e Juan Jesus
Francesco Acerbi e Juan Jesus

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Maximum risk of disqualification

Ten days of disqualification, as a minimum sanction: this is the measure provided for by the new ones rules of sports justice, in the case of racist insults, and therefore the risk that Acerbi runs. But it will have to be ascertained what the Inter defender said to the Napoli defender: the Serie A sports judge will not be able to decide on Tuesday, on the basis of the referee's report which will report Juan Jesus' complaint, unless the sentence reported by the Brazilian of Naples was not also heard directly from one of his assistants. The judge will then ask for a supplementary investigation from the Prosecutor's Office Figc.

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Acerbi-Juan Jesus, esplode il caso. Niente nazionale per il difensore dell’Inter che si difende: “Mai dette frasi razziste”

Acerbi-Juan Jesus, esplode il caso. Niente nazionale per il difensore dell’Inter che si difende: “Mai dette frasi razziste”

What happened during Inter-Napoli

Juan Jesus complained to referee La Penna, accusing Acerbi of called him “nigger”. The episode happened on the day dedicated by Serie A to the fight against racism. Thus the Napoli defender at the end of the match: “Acerbi went further with words, but he apologized – said Juan Jesus –. He's a good guy, he apologized and we hugged. Anything can happen on the pitch, but he saw that he had gone further. I hope it doesn't happen again."

Acerbi: “Never said racist phrases”

"Racist phrases from my mouth they never came out. That's the only thing I can say. I know that I have never said racist words. I've been playing football for 20 years and I know what I'm saying. I'm calm". Francesco Acerbi said this, intercepted upon arrival in Milan after having left the national team rally. “I haven't heard from Juan Jesus, I can definitely say that certain things haven't come out of my mouth. Apologies? In my opinion, she also misunderstood.", added Acerbi arriving at Milan Central Station directly from Coverciano. “On the issue of racism, I hope that the fight continues in every part of the world. A lot happens on the pitch, it's normal while playing football that you can say certain things. But when you whistle, you shake hands and everything goes back to how it was before. I'm sorry to leave the national team, but it's right like this. What did Spalletti tell me? They are our things. What if I will meet the company now? No, I'm going to my daughter,” she concluded.

Spalletti: “From what Acerbi says it's not about racism”

“It is a huge disappointment to make decisions for these episodes here. But you have to be careful, even when we report such an episode." She said it Luciano Spalletti at a press conference talking about the Acerbi case. “We saw Francesco in difficulty, but we must be careful of our behavior, we have responsibilities", added the coach. And then again: “From what Acerbi told me, It's not an episode of racism.". To those who ask him if he heard Juan Jesus he then replied: “He doesn't answer, his phone is turned off".

Acerbi's agent

"I think Juan Jesus responded at the end of the match it was not an insult or a racist insult, also because it was poorly reported. However, he didn't say that sentence". This was stated by Federico Pastorello, Francesco Acerbi's agent, speaking on the case concerning the Inter defender. "I believe what Francesco told me. The two have clarified between themselves players, even if they are those things that need to be controlled nowadays and punished if the conditions for doing so are recognized – added Pastorello, interviewed by Radio Sportiva –, from what Acerbi tells me it was an argument on the pitch but without using a racist expression or phrase: it was a game clash, then maybe there was one word in place of another, but the word 'nigger' was not used, just to be clear."

Inter's position

She also intervened in the case Inter. Here is the note from the Nerazzurri club: "FC Internazionale takes note of the press release issued by the FIGC in relation to the facts that concerned Francesco Acerbi during Sunday evening's match against Napoli, and of the fact that the FIGC and Acerbi have agreed on the player's non-participation to the two friendly matches of the national team". "FC Internazionale reserves a contract as soon as possible comparison with your member in order to shed light on the exact dynamics of what happened", concludes the Inter note.

The previous

Two weeks ago the last disqualification for a racist insult on the pitch. In the Spring 2 championship the application of this article led to the stoppage of a Ternana player for 10 rounds, guilty of having uttered an expression of racial discrimination, detected by an assistant referee. The second paragraph of the art. 28 clarifies that "the player who commits a violation referred to in paragraph 1 is punished with disqualification for at least ten match days or, in the most serious cases, with a fixed-term disqualification" or even to the so-called 'daspo' for members, or the ban on access to the facilities.

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