Because he missed the top chance in the final: hate and monkey emojis against Inter-Star Lukaku

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Romelu Lukaku equalized on his head in the 88th minute of the Champions League final, it’s a huge chance. But the conclusion flies straight to ManCity keeper Ederson, who can parry with his foot.

Inter loses 0-1 and is in the vale of tears. The team of coach Pep Guardiola wins the royal class for the first time.

The frustration with the Italians is great, they struggle to estimate the chances. And unfortunately, after the final whistle, football shows its ugliest face again. Because the scapegoat has been quickly identified for some: Shortly after the final whistle, Romelu Lukaku’s Instagram comment column is flooded with racial slurs and emojis almost every second.

The Belgian international has nine million followers on Instagram. After all: in addition to the ugly comments, some of them also defend Lukaku in the comments.

Racism scandal in the cup

The striker was racially insulted several times last season. In the cup semi-final against Juventus (1-1), the 30-year-old flies away with yellow and red after his allegedly provocative goal celebration. However, the league later reversed the ban as Lukaku had previously received mass racist slurs.

Lukaku has been actively fighting against racism for some time now. In an interview with CNN last week, the Belgian expressed the idea of ​​creating a players’ association that would come up with ideas together with the world federations to combat the persistence of racism in football.

“We keep making the same mistakes”

“It is very disappointing that it is still happening. We live in 2023. The world is made up of different cultures, different religions, different people with different skin colors and we still make the same mistakes,” said Lukaku.

So now it’s happened again. The racist remarks prove that Lukaku and his idea are right. And once again show that it is high time that football does something to combat racism. (jsl)

Source : Blick