After the Cagliari match Matuidi responded with eloquence on Facebook, declaring: “Weak people try to intimidate with hate. Peace.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Blaise Matuidi, middle, speaks to the referee, Gianpaolo Calvarese, during the game against Cagliari. In 2015 they worked with Unesco to investigate the causes of racism in football and recommend ways of addressing it. Italy is a great country with people who adore football – that’s one of the things that has struck me, how deeply people care about football here. Football really has a strong hold on society here and that’s beautiful to see because football is a magnificent sport.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2018 13:00 UTC