Balotelli taunted by Italian racists
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ROME — Mario Balotelli is asking for help in the fight against racism in Italian football after he was repeatedly booed by his own country’s fans during Italy’s friendly against Romania on Wednesday.
Balotelli, who was born in Italy but is of Ghanian descent, was taunted by a group of about 100 extreme right-wing Italian fans who travelled to the match in Klagenfurt, Austria. They also held up a banner that read, “No to a multiethnic national team.”
“I was very disappointed yesterday and I didn’t want to say anything. The only sure thing is that I alone can’t do anything. Everyone needs to do something against racism,” Balotelli told Sky Italia on Thursday.
Playing only his second match for Italy, Balotelli said walking off the pitch would have been an excessive reaction to “a (group) of idiots.”
“These are things that have been going on for a long time,” Balotelli added. “What happened yesterday was racism, but it’s also stupidity on the part of just a few people.”
