Is it possible that the communications office didn’t read it? Perhaps the truth is in the Gazzetta article about the club’s desire to get rid of him
Mp Bologna 03/09/2024 – Serie A football championship / Bologna-Inter / photo Matteo Papini/Image Sport in the photo: Francesco Acerbi
Has Inter reread Acerbi’s interview? The question is more than legitimate. Corriere della Sera’s interview with the Inter footballer and over-protected by the Spalletti-Gravina duo is a pretty good boomerang. The Acerbi-thought unfolds in all its magnificence. No mention of what he said to Juan Jesus nor did they ask him, we imagine that it was agreed without the question. It matters little, the two journalists managed to clearly bring out Acerbi’s thoughts which are summarized in the sentence we report in full.
Journalists say: the camp must not be a free zone.
And Mr. Acerbi stands out with a Nelson Mandela-like thought:
«It shouldn’t be, but you can hear a bit of everything, even if there are forty cameras. If the referee had to write down everything he felt with pen and paper, he would have to run with his backpack. But he always ends up there, otherwise everything becomes condemnable, even the insults to Serbs, Italians, mothers.”
How to say, and now you can’t even say gypsy to a Serbian? Come on. He deserves an extra hug from Gravina, even a kiss on the forehead.
There are some tweets worth reporting:
There would be many others. We stop here. We will continue our day with the doubt that Inter purposely wanted to bring out the depth of the illustrious defender’s ideas. Otherwise he would have changed quite a few answers. The answer in our opinion is in this morning’s extensive article in which the Gazzetta writes clearly that the Nerazzurri club wants to get rid of the defender.
There are many other goodies eh.
Here is part of the interview with Acerbi
Acerbi’s version is entrusted to Corriere della Sera with an interview.
It begins with a sentence in true First Republic style:
“I am sad and sorry: it is an affair in which we have all lost.”
Then he says:
«Now that there is a sentence, I would like to say my opinion, without having absolutely anything against Juan Jesus, in fact it’s the opposite because I’m very sorry for him too. But you can’t call a person a racist for a misunderstood word in the heat of the game. And you can’t continue to do it even after I’ve been acquitted.”
Wasn’t the sentence a liberation?
«It was, but in the liberation I am still sad for the whole situation that was created, for how it ended up on the pitch, for how everyone marched on us without knowing anything. Even after the acquittal I felt a great fury, as if I had killed someone.”
However, racism is a plague and football is accused of not doing enough to fight it.
«But this is not a fight against racism, there was no racism on the pitch and I am not a racist person: my idol was George Weah and when my tumor was found I received a surprise phone call from him which still today It excites me.”
The field must not be a free zone.
«It shouldn’t be, but you can hear a bit of everything, even if there are forty cameras. If the referee had to write down everything he heard with pen and paper, he would have to run with his backpack. But he always ends up there, otherwise everything becomes condemnable, even the insults to Serbs, Italians, mothers.”
«Everyone had already passed the sentence before it even came out. And for many I am racist even now: I honestly don’t agree with it, media pillorying is not good and above all it is not useful for solving a problem like that of racism which certainly exists. And that I don’t intend to diminish even a bit: I want it to be clear.”
And here’s another one, with the passage on cancer
Acerbi: «cancer was a walk in the park in comparison, I saw atrocious obstinacy». It is an extract from the interview granted by the Inter defender to Corriere della Sera. Interview in which according to him he would definitively free himself from accusations of racism. On the contrary, it is an interview in which the character emerges perfectly.
Was it more complicated to manage this affair than the illness?
Acerbi: «There is no comparison, that was a walk in the park, I wasn’t afraid. Instead, the atrocious fury I have seen towards me in recent days has hurt me. I did a lot to remove the label I had when I was younger and become an example of consistency and professionalism and I risked losing everything in an instant.”
What label did he have?
«Someone who’s a bit free-range».
Did you fear for the continuation of your career?
Acerbi: «If they give you ten days and you are considered a racist, what do you do? Anything could have happened: I would have been finished not as a footballer, which interests me up to a certain point, but as a man. Everyone had already passed the sentence before it even came out. And for many I am racist even now: I honestly don’t agree with it, media pillorying is not good and above all it is not useful for solving a problem like that of racism which certainly exists. And that I don’t intend to diminish even a bit: I want it to be clear.”
If he had returned to the away pitch, would he have been worried about the reaction of fans of other teams?
“Zero”.
Do you expect to be called up for the European Championship?
«I don’t expect anything. But for now I prefer not to say anything about the national team, it is right that I discuss it with Spalletti first. I’m tired, after today I’ll put a stop to the matter. And I never want to talk about it again.”
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