FC Barcelona speaks out against racist attacks on Umtiti

Published:5/01/2023 - 20:44h

Updated:5/01/2023 - 20:44h

From all fronts have come the messages of support for Samuel Umtiti and of course could not miss that of his club: Barça. The central defender continues to belong to the culé entity despite being on loan at Lecce

The FC Barcelona has not doubted in showing his support to Samuel Umtiti after the French, yielded in the Lecce until final of season, suffered chants, gestures and racist insults during a party of the Series To in front of the Lazio. "The FC Barcelona gives all his support to Samuel Umtiti and ratifies his total opposition to any sign of violence, racism, xenofobia and intolerance", has ensured the Barcelona club in an official communiqué in his social networks.

The FC Barcelona gives all his support to Samuel Umtiti and ratifies his total opposition to any sign of violence, racism, xenofobia and intolerance.
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_is) January 5, 2023

All these repudiables acts sucedieron this Wednesday, in which it went an important triumph for the local team. The Lecce won the crash, but the despicable note was the racism that suffered Umtiti beside his mate of team, the zambiano Lameck Band, and that forced to the Italian referee to detain the party during a time to try that the fanatical of the Lazio detained .

The roman team is known already by this type of facts, showing in several occasions his racist side, or at least an important sector of his fans. The reaction by part of the stadium of the Lecce was corear the name of the exazulgrana (Umtiti, Umtiti, Umtiti!) To cover like this the singings that arrived from the terracing where situated the followers of the Lazio. As it informed the 'Gazzetta dello Sport', when finishing the meeting Umtiti broke to cry.

More consequences

The situation has had so much impact that in addition to the message of the Barça, the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantino, also has wanted to show his posture. "Solidarity with Samuel Umtiti and Lameck Band. Shout it high and clear: NO To THE RACISM! That the immense majority of the fans, that are good people, raise for callar to all the racist once and for all!", it planted Infantino in his Instagram.

Likewise, the sportive judge of the Series To acted almost immediately after the racist chants against of Umtiti and Band during the Lazio-Lecce of yesterday. The roman club will have to play a party, the one of the Sunday in front of the Empoli, with the sector 'Curve Nord' enclosed, the sector that use the ultras that were in the Via of the Mare.