ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens joins Gab Marcotti on the Gab & Juls Show to discuss Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku racially abused during Coppa Italia clash at Juventus and him being sent off for celebrations in front of home fans after scoring a penalty.
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Lmao get a life stop hating on ronaldo. U are all jealous
Say what you want about the U.S but when ever a fan start using racial slurs against a player the get ban.and the top 5 leagues clearly doesn’t care about their players well being just their pockets
Gab will always be a Serie A apologist
Blame the dude gettin racist slurs shouted at him by an entire fan section. Refs should be banned for life for that bs.
Didnt know a goal celebration warrants racial abuse…. Thnx Gab!!
This is like saying angel reese should have been given a TF for bantering caitlin clark..
Me no Black, Me Columbian 🤡
Italians are racist people overall so dont get surprised.
He scored to silence the haters. That celebration is normal.
The problem is that Me no black, me Columbian 🤡 guy started the problem.
lets call a spade a spade. italy, spain, germany, russia. if you look african or asian they will say racist things or do racist gesture(the asian eye). these countries are worse than third world countries. stop taking this lightly, these cowards would do things to people without consequences and when somebody hurts them they will cry wolf. absolute disgraceful bunch of people
Gab please shut the FU. You’re not the voice of reason here You’re a compromised meatball
It's Italy…what did you expect???
Mirror mirror on the wall who's the biggest victim of them all? The football millionaire who never worked a day in his life is the biggest victim of all. Got insulted by clowns. How horrible!
I always find it more racist for a player to be sent off after he has dealt with those taunting chants… I’m sure it gets under his skin, its tough to just expect them to “ignore it” because they’re professionals….. it happened to Koulibaly too. There was a Napoli game where he dealt with racist chants ALL game and he was clearly angry, did something and got a red. He didn’t hurt a player or anything. I recall the red being ridiculous
How weak do you have to be that mere words hurt you?
Black players take less money and don't play in Italy. Simple.
Unfortunately those fans don't have brains which function properly…it's a simple game & the simple minds will be there too…
Who actually listen gab
Italy, the country who voted in favour of a government leading from the far right, the most racists since Mussolini era, what did you expect? Hopefully they keep getting fu*** in football, fail to qualify for tournaments etc. This is what they offer the world stage in football, racism, cheating/diving, corruption etc we don’t miss them.
So wen u score n ask the crowd get up
Doesn’t that deserve the same punishment
Cant ban an entire stadium…who pays the expensive tickets for fraudsters to kick a ball around,Diving,showing off tattoos,putting paws in head when don't score,Flapping arms,moaning???Asylum seekers?
Cuadrado is a dbag.
Lukaku was wrongly sent off & he should play the next cup game.
The referee justified the racist abuse by giving lukaku a red card' it pleased the racist fans
Lukaku being punished for doing the common silence gesture to racially abusive spectators is a very Italian thing.
GAB IS SUCH FULL OF BULLCRAP LOL
Typical bully mentality. It's your fault I punched you for "provoking" me
Cuadrado & Danilo should be ashamed of themselves
oh goooooood–the "nuance" argument. this is why serie a are forever chasing their own tail on this stuff. it doesn't matter if lukaku personally flipped every individual in the stadium. racism is NEVER justified, no matter the provocation.
I am definitely not a racist in any way , but when you get tracked down by the government and they tell you what and when you can say "anything" is a slippery slope
Idk why people are surprised Italy is highly racist
Wait, did he say Juve have a podcast about racism? The same Juve that put up an image with a lady wearing a wicker hat and slanting her eyes with her fingers to make her look asian?
I love how gab and Jules are honest and realistic
all black Italian pro soccer players should go to the mls
Only the dumbest people would think that celebration riled up the crowd. Dumbest of dumbest lot.
the card should be rescinded too. then again, bonucci blamed kean for racism so it shows italians are scumfok
Gab explains it perfectly.
But it looks like the English media have a bias towards serie A. Provocation from the professional should not happen (they are multi millions professional).
Lukaku provoked and unfortunately 2 FANS reacted with racism chants which is appalling. However they were immediately identified and banned.
He didn't get a straight red card but a second booking. Same thing happened with adebayor with the infamous celebration against the arsenal fans. But it was all right then because in premier league is 'the best ligue in the warld'
Nuanced? Respectfully Gabriele I think you have very little grasp of Italian society from within or without lo stadio.
Beyond anecdotal and lived experience, studies have actually found to prove bias in refereeing towards black players – in Italian society in general? Let’s leave that alone.
Agree with Gab, why provoke by an teasing celebration ?
why did old Brazilian players never received any in 90s
Alot of racism in Italian football for past 2 decades. The Referee and racist fans need to be taken to Court…. We need Justiceeeeeeeeeeeeeee..we stand by you
Its stupid what the current fix is. "Tell us and we will stop the game." Why would I want to get punished and stop playing an important game after being attacked by fans. It just seems like punishing the player twice!
Italian fans are racist it’s literally rinse and repeat with them.