Italy federation chief in UEFA racism probe
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THE Italian football federation’s new president is being investigated by UEFA over an alleged racist comment.
Carlo Tavecchio won the vote last week despite causing a stir during the election campaign over a reference to bananas when discussing the presence of foreign players in Italy. FIFA had urged the Italian federation to probe Tavecchio but UEFA has intervened and opened a case. Using a hypothetical name, Tavecchio had said, “In England they select players based on professionalism, whereas we say that ‘Opti Poba’ is here, he was eating bananas before and now he’s starting for Lazio and that’s OK.”
UEFA said once the report is completed, its control, ethics and disciplinary body will decide how to proceed. Tavecchio has already apologized.
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