Sassuolo, Di Francesco: "All inventions, no racist insult"

"I am deeply disturbed by the illusions and inventions that have appeared on some national media. All this is offensive and derogatory. I do not allow myself to be attributed to racist behavior and / or phrases that do not belong to my ethical values and which are the result of the imagination of others. 

I ask and I demand respect ". It is the position taken by Federico Di Francesco, a player from Sassuolo, about the episode that saw him protagonist on Sunday, at Allianz Stadium, with Douglas Costa. The declarations of the external neroverde have been entrusted to the Sassuolo Twitter account.

Federico #DiFrancesco: «Sono profondamente turbato dalle illazioni e dalle invenzioni apparse su alcuni media nazionali. Tutto questo è offensivo e denigratorio»

— U.S. Sassuolo (@SassuoloUS) September 18, 2018

Douglas Costa, after apologizing on his Instagram account, a few hours from the final whistle, he wanted to explain to a fan his version of the facts, insinuating that Di Francesco had addressed serious offenses: "You do not know what he told me I apologize to all those to whom I have to ask because I was wrong. "He apologized to everyone, except to the person in question.

Giuseppe Pecoraro, prosecutor of the Federcalcio, sent to the sports judge the reporting of the improprieties of Douglas Costa against Di Francesco "starting from the nudge, to evaluate the behavior of the Juventus player as a whole with the TV test". The possible penalty ranges from 3 to 6 days of disqualification.