Boateng: 'No progress since I was abused whilst at Milan'

29 dic 2018

Kevin Prince-Boateng is, sadly, no stranger to the racist abuse that Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly faced at San Siro on Boxing Day - when Inter Milan won 1-0 in a game marred by the abuse hurled at the Senegalese defender from Inter fans. Boateng faced a similar incident when he played for AC Milan, in a friendly with minnows Pro Patria. Boateng walked off the pitch and his team joined him - the game being called off.

Speaking to Il Corriere della Sera, Boateng said this:

"I do not think that in the meantime have been progress. If possible, the situation has worsened since at the time railed against me 50 fans. At the San Siro last night were 10,000. I felt bad for Koulibaly and for those who had to watch the scene feeling pain.

"This is racism. Those who make these screams - we know why they do it, for some people who are coloured it’s a monkey, then certainly in a curve there will also be the ignorant who imitate others thinking it is right to do it. Ask Koulibaly how he felt when he left the camp, I told him, he was under a train. Did the referee do well to not suspend the game? He was wrong, Koulibaly felt bad, and stopping would have been right for the millions of people watching the game on TV, I just want people to understand what it means to be insulted for having black skin."

For more news, views and features, visit our homepage.