A Serie A match between Juventus and Fiorentina was temporarily suspended due to racist chants directed at Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic by Fiorentina fans. The abuse prompted the referee to halt the game.
Juventus ' 2-2 draw with Fiorentina on Sunday afternoon was temporarily suspended when Dusan Vlahovic was subjected to racist abuse. The striker used to play for La Viola, and the Italian club's ultras started chanting about his heritage, which led to referee Maurizio Mariani stopping the game. Fans are said to have repeatedly called Vlahovic a 'Gypsy', which is a derogatory term for the Traveller community.
Announcements echoed around the Allianz Stadium asking spectators who were doing the offensive chants to stop, while a message also appeared on the boards. Fiorentina snatched a point in the dying minutes through Riccardo Sottil after Khephren Thuram's double had put the Old Lady on the cusp of getting three points. Thankfully, the racist abuse stopped. Though, the Fiorentina fans continued to boo and heckle their former striker before he was taken off in the 82nd minute. He watched from the bench as Sottil scored late on from a Moise Kean pass to ensure La Viola left Turin with a point. He is coming up to three years in Turin, in which he's made 123 appearances, scoring 53 goals and providing 11 assists. In 16 Serie A matches, the Serbia international has seven goals, while the Old Lady have drawn 11 matches. The Gunners have been looking for a new striker for a while and were very close to signing Vlahovic, but he chose to remain in Italy and join Juventus. But with the January transfer window approaching and Vlahovic not in the best moment, it wouldn't be a surprise if Arsenal came back in for the forward
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