Napoli’s perfect start overshadowed as racist abuse rears its ugly head | Nicky Bandini

Napoli won in Fiorentina to maintain their title challenge but racist chants were aimed at their players after the final whistle

Kalidou Koulibaly ought to have been celebrating. Napoli’s brilliant centre-half had just helped his team to extend their perfect start in Serie A with a seventh consecutive win. This had been one of their most impressive, recovering to beat an upwardly-mobile Fiorentina away from home after falling behind in the first half.

As he exited the pitch, however, Koulibaly’s joy was interrupted by racist abuse from the stands. Several of Napoli’s black players were targeted with monkey noises, an incident captured by TV cameras from the broadcaster, Dazn. While Victor Osimhen and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa chose to keep walking, Koulibaly reacted after hearing an even more explicit line of attack.

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