Maignan expressed his anger at Saturday’s incidentFifa president Gianni Infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse.It follows incidents which he described as “totally abhorrent” at Udinese and Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.AC Milan’s win at Udinese was briefly suspended after alleged racist abuse from home fans towards Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan.Coventry’s Kasey Palmer said he received similar abuse at Hillsborough.Maignan and AC Milan walk offCoventry and Sheffield Wednesday condemn racist gesture at playerInfantino said in a post on Xexternal-link that there should be harsher punishments.”As well as the three-step process (match stopped, match re-stopped, match abandoned), we have to implement an automatic forfeit for the team whose fans have committed racism and caused the match to be abandoned, as well as worldwide stadium bans and criminal charges for racists,” he said.”Fifa and football shows full solidarity to victims of racism and any form of discrimination. Once and for all: No to racism! No to any form of discrimination!”The events that took place in Udine and Sheffield on Saturday are totally abhorrent and completely unacceptab… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Forfeit games when fans are racist
