Howls for Umtiti and Banda, Baroni: “Mortifying.”

The Lecce coach condemns what happened during the match with Lazio

Lecce coach Marco Baroni condemned the howling at Umtiti and Banda that occurred during the match against Lazio: “We are proud to have players like Banda and Umtiti in our group. These are things that take away from the show and mortify all of us who are on the field working,” he told Sky.

Thus Salentini president Sticchi Damiani: “I hugged Samuel, as I do with all his teammates. After every challenge, regardless of the result, I want to greet the boys and staff. When the referee stopped the game, waiting for the speaker to urge an end to the racist chants, Umtiti asked for the game to resume, because he wanted to respond on the field to the insults he had received. He reacted like a true champion. The insults to Banda? Even then, Marinelli could have intervened as he did later. The conditions were not lacking, fortunately then everything went right. It was nice to see our fans chanting Umtiti’s name and overpowering those ugly howls. It was a civil and intelligent response.”