A top United Nations human rights official has hailed Pescara’s Ghanaian
midfielder Sulley Muntari for walking out of the club’s game against
Cagliari amid racists chants from the stands targeting him. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein described Muntari as“inspiration” for his move to leave the pitch after
the referee booked him for complaining about racist chants.
Zeid urged FIFA to pay greater attention to the persistent problem of
racism in the game of football, saying that his office had been in touch with the
soccer’s governing body. Muntari said he had complained that parts of the crowd, including a
group of children, had hurled racist insults at him from the start of
his Italian team’s game at Cagliari last Sunday. He added that the referee then told him to stop talking to the
crowd and ended up showing him the yellow card.
By the time Muntari walked out, Pescara was trailing Cagliari by one goal. Italy and other countries have struggled to stamp out racist chants
at games. In 2013, the AC Milan team left the pitch during a friendly in
the town of Busto Arsizio after home fans insulted midfielder
Kevin-Prince Boateng, another Ghanaian.
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