Lecce chants the name of Samuel Umtiti: “The racist chants were overwhelmed by the encouragement”

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In tears. This is how Samuel Umtiti left the field, according to the Gazzetta dello Sportthis Wednesday, after the stunning success of Lecce on his lawn against Lazio (2-1). The Italian newspaper reports that racist chants addressed to the French international led the referee to stop the match for a few moments, in the 67th minute, and that Lameck Banda, Umtiti’s teammate, had also been a victim, in the first period.

Moments before the game was interrupted, you could hear “Umtiti, Umtiti, Umtiti“to spring from the stands.”Racist chants were overwhelmed with encouragement. The yellow and red people (the colors of the club jersey, editor’s note) started screaming only one name: Samuel Umtiti“, posted the US Lecce on Twitter. “It was beautiful to see our fans chanting Umtiti’s name and drowning out those horrible screams. It was a civil and intelligent response“¸ praised Saverio Sticchi Damiani.

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“His weight is felt in the locker room and on the pitch”

The club president also praised the behavior of the 2018 world champion: “When the referee stopped the game, waiting for the announcer to call an end to the racist chants, Umtiti asked for the match to be resumed, as he wanted to respond to the insults received on the pitch. He reacted like a true champion.”

“It’s time to end it all (…) These are shameful behaviors. We are proud of (Lameck) Banda(Samuel) Umtiti and (Assan) Ceesay (another black player on the team, editor’s note)”, reacted Marco Baroni, the coach of Lecce. Lorenzo Colombo also spoke on this subject, via Sky Sports : “We did not hear the cries, but if our supporters wanted to make this gesture of solidarity, I can say that we are all with him.”

The author of the winning goal also complimented his teammate: “His weight is felt in the locker room and on the pitch, as you have seen” Umtiti put in a full performance on the 16th day of Serie A. On loan from FC Barcelona, ​​the 29-year-old central defender has played six matches this season. The last four have resulted in three wins and a draw, and Lecce (12th) is off to a good start in the maintenance race.

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