On Tuttosport today ample space is given to the topic of racism, with yesterday’s statements from the leaders of Italian football and sport on the case Acerbi-Juan Jesusbut also with an interview with Giuditta Lualdicaptain of the Uyba Busto Arsizio of volleyball and great friend of Paola Egonu. “Hand in hand with the period in which Paola sometimes exposes herself more, regardless of the fact that perhaps I make posts with her, it can happen that unspeakable comments arrive from social media about Paola as a person – and also about me, for being her friend. On Instagram I went as far as to put restrictions on comments for photos of us together: it hurts me to see what they write. They are people who comment inappropriately out of personal frustrations.”
“In the last period – he continues – there have been some emblematic episodes. I think of Maignan who leaves the field: an extreme gesture to ensure that everyone reflects on what happened. On the dispute between Juan Jesus and Acerbi It seemed to me that the problem was that we had downplayed what happened. Furthermore, it is not just Acerbi’s mistake that should be questioned, but that many people in those days, in order to distance themselves from him, accused of racist insults, thought it was okay to use social media to threaten his wife and children with death. . We can all make mistakes, it would not have determined anyone either as an athlete or as a human being, because the people around you, who are the ones that count, know the values you have. But if no one ever says: ‘I made a mistake’, because those are field things and that’s how they go, then nothing will ever change.”
