{"id":30857,"date":"2021-05-07T14:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=30857"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T13:51:26","slug":"italian-player-michele-marconi-handed-10-match-ban-for-racially-abusing-nigerias-joel-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/italian-player-michele-marconi-handed-10-match-ban-for-racially-abusing-nigerias-joel-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian player Michele Marconi handed 10 match ban for racially abusing Nigeria&#8217;s Joel Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pisa&#8217;s Michele Marconi has been handed a 10-match ban for racially abusing Nigerian player and Chievo Verona midfielder Joel Obi.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place during Chievo\u2019s Serie B 2-2 draw against the Black and Blues in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The case was heard at the Italian Football Federation appeals court and Marconi was found guilty and punished by the FIGC accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the complaint of the Federal Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, the Federal Court of Appeal ordered the disqualification for 10 days of the Pisa player Michele Marconi,\u201d read a statement from the FIGC website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe striker had addressed racist insults to Chievo midfielder Joel Obi last December 22, during the Pisa-Chievo match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chievo made a statement after the match in December, detailing how the Nigeria international was subjected to racial abuse by Marconi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Obi was] the object of an infamous and disgraceful phrase that has nothing to do with the most basic values of sport, ethics and respect,&#8221; read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Pisa, meanwhile, claimed the incident was never detected and &#8220;distanced itself&#8221; from Chievo\u2019s statement, revealing Marconi confirmed to the club he was never involved in such an ignoble act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moreover, our player confirmed that he had not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/italian-ambassador-to-dr-congo-killed-during-kidnap-attempt\/\">addressed<\/a> any insults to the opposing player, let alone racially motivated ones,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Obi has been with Chievo since the summer of 2018 when he teamed up with the club from Torino and has been impressing for the Yellow and Blues.<\/p>\n<p>In the current campaign, the midfielder has made 29 appearances across all competitions for Luca D&#8217;Angelo\u2019s men, scoring four goals and providing one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Chievo are currently enduring a difficult time after failing to secure victory in their last four games, including suffering a defeat to Venezia.<\/p>\n<p>Obi will hope to help his side return to winning ways when they slug it out against Virtus Entella in their next league game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pisa&#8217;s Michele Marconi has been handed a 10-match ban for racially abusing Nigerian player and Chievo Verona midfielder Joel Obi. 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