The evening, or rather the day, of Wednesday was bad, certainly sad for a Milan eliminated on the field from Lazio. But the heart of the Rossoneri is seething with something else: the racist shame still resounds on the part of the biancocelesti ultras before and during the race, which went unpunished during the match. Leonardo, general manager of the technical-sports area, commented on the episodes on the pages of La Gazzetta dello Sport: "I don't speak because we lost. Lazio won on the field and deserved the final. After the story of Acerbi's jersey , we intervened to resolve the case, but we avoided any public declaration to favor a more serene approach to the Coppa Italia match, a serious mistake that we recognized immediately, but it is the only episode that came to light in a match in There was much more: insults, provocations and a final brawl ... We did not report anything. We punished our players, condemned them publicly, and committed ourselves to mend. Gattuso explained at the conference that Bakayoko and Kessie were excused because the company had already moved. Acerbi had launched signs of peace, Bakayoko collected them. We made sure that the two talked to each other. "
STORAGE IN GRAVINA, GIORGETTI AND SALVINI - Leonardo, interviewed by the Milanese newspaper, underlined how Giorgietti and Gravina have harshly commented on the episode of Acerbi's jersey, but so far they have not exposed themselves to the racist insults to Kessie and Bakayoko: "First again that the Sporting Judge would pronounce himself, with great timeliness and great indignation, Giorgetti, Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council, and Gravina, President of the Federcalcio, have hardly commented on the behavior of our players and publicly asked for measures. the competent organs ... Curious, not to mention serious. No? But after the racist insults to Kessie and Bakayoko on Wednesday I did not see the same reactivity and the same intransigence: Giorgetti and Gravina, where did they go? The Deputy Prime Minister , Salvini, who got away with a very generic comment, used the word "shame" only for the game of Milan. And instead we must spend the shame for much more serious episodes ".
NON-INTERRUPTED RACE - Leonardo, who was also interviewed by the Gazzetta dello Sport, then reviewed what happened on Wednesday, or rather did not happen, given that the race was not suspended: "There were at least a thousand reasons to interrupt that game. With the new rules, he didn't even have to wait for the second or third choir, the first was enough to recall the team to the center of the field, to spread the announcements and then, in the case of other choirs, to permanently suspend the game. Instead nothing. all racist chants and howls have heard them. If two announcements were transmitted from the loudspeakers, it means that insults and choruses were well audible by all, yet Mazzoleni pulled straight ahead, as if he were the only one not hearing. manager reported the choirs to the fourth man, but pressures are needed up to a certain point, the regulation recognizes the referee's discretion, he has to decide, we all had a race nito that they would have intervened in the case of racist chants. It wasn't a surprise situation. Mazzoleni had already experienced the Inter-Napoli of Koulibaly. We were calm. It wasn't us who had to move to ask for the suspension, also because we didn't want it to look like an alibi for the result. Mazzoleni had to decide. I think, however, that the referees should be protected and helped more by the institutions so as not to be left alone at such moments ".
