At the time of publishing, CNN had not received a response to requests for comment from the Italian Football Association, Serie A, Juventus or Cagliari. Over the years, there have been a number of ugly incidents in Italian football. Speaking on CNN World Sport, football broadcaster and journalist Carl Anka said: "There's a unique problem within Italian football itself. "The fact that Bonucci called up the Curva, and you've got Cagliari's president saying 'I heard nothing' shows that some sections of Italian football wants to turn a blind eye. "There's a good book "Football, Fascism and Fandom" which more or less states that the the Curva, or the ultras of Italian football, have very deep links to organized elements of Italian football and Italian football, to an extent, believes some of this is necessary to maintain the spirit or the atmosphere of Italian football -- if you get rid of the more unsavory elements, you get rid of crowd chants in general.

Source: CNN April 03, 2019 10:42 UTC