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Inter Milan fans'

group defend
monkey chants
aimed at Romelu
Lukaku by Cagliari
supporters
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A section of the Inter Milan ultras

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"You have to understand that Italy is
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countries where racism is a real
problem. We understand that it could
have seemed racist to you but it is not
like that.

"In Italy we use some "ways" only to

"help our teams" and to try to make our
opponents nervous, not for racism but
to mess them up.

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 Romelu Lukaku scored the winning
penalty in Inter's 2-1 victory at Cagliari

"We are a multi-ethnic fans

organisation and we have always
welcomed players from everywhere.
However, we have always used that
'way' with other teams' players in the
past and we probably will in the future.

"We are not racist and so are not the

Cagliari fans."

The statement went on to argue that

the fight against racism should not
begin in football stadiums but in
schools, and that fans behave
differently in stadiums than in the
outside world.

On Tuesday, the Italian league's

disciplinary judge says he needed more
evidence before deciding if Cagliari
should be punished for the chants,
which judge Gerardo Mastrandrea did
not refer to as "racist" in his weekly
report.

Lukaku converted Inter's winning

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 penalty in the game, and then glared at
home fans behind the goal as they
directed the monkey chants at him.

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Antonio Conte says he did not
hear the monkey chants
directed at Romelu Lukaku, but
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says racist abuse is something
people in Italy need more
Antonio Conte says he did not hear the
monkey chants directed at Lukaku, but
says racist abuse is something people in
Italy need more education on

Everton forward Moise Kean was also

subject to racist abuse when he played
against Cagliari for Juventus last
season, as was Blaise Matuidi the year
before.

The Italian league did not sanction

Cagliari for either incident, nor did they
do so when Sulley Muntari was abused
by the same team's fans in 2017.

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