There is already a verdict from Serie A for Acerbi’s alleged racist insults

Francesco Acerbiaccused of racist insults by JJesus in the fight Inter-Napoli (1-1) on March 17 was left unsanctioned due to lack of evidence. So the judge considered that there were no racist insults. It should be noted that the 36-year-old veteran defender was called up by Italy, but sent home until there is more clarity about what happened.

This is what the sports judge said after the prosecutor’s investigation

“The discriminatory content of the violation, without questioning the good faith of the Napoli player, seems to have been noticed only by the “offended” player (Juan Jesus), without the support of any external evidence, audio, video and even testimonials“.

Furthermore, Mastrandrea recalled that this type of discrimination should be ”allowed the utmost severity” and, therefore, this type of accusation must include “a minimum of material evidence or, at least, serious, accurate and consistent evidence, from which reasonable certainty can be achieved”.

The version of Juan Jesús, Acerbi rejected

Napoli’s Brazilian defender said this to the match referee: ”“It doesn’t seem right to me, he called me black and it doesn’t seem right to me,” read Juan Jesus’ lips as he faced the referee and pointed to the anti-racism patch that all teams wore this week with the message ‘Keep Racism Out’”. Something that according to him Acerbi recognized and apologized to him, although he later denied everything in front of the prosecutor’s office.

“Racist phrases never come out of my mouth. That’s all I can say. I know I’ve never said racist phrases, I’ve been playing football for 20 years and I know what I’m talking about. i am quiet“, the player declared on Monday, once he was not included in the Italian team.

This way Acerbi will be available for Inzaghi before next Monday’s match against Empoli (8:45 pm).