Racial chants are back in soccer field, but not on English soil this time. Last week, racial chants caused the abandonment of a friendlier between AC Milan and a lower division club Pro Patria in Italy. Racism has long been a topic of discussion among various soccer community forums and this is probably the first time when a team decided to walk out of a match after racial chants from the crowd. The match between AC Milan and Pro Patria had begun when crowd started chanting against black Milan players; public announcer also requested them to stop doing that but when it continues, Ghana and Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince kicked the ball on the crowd where the chanting was coming from, took off his shirt, and walked away. Soon, other players also joined him and left the pitch. Post incident, as always, everybody seems to be engaged in taking a corrective action and first of them is Italian soccer federation, who promptly announced an immediate inquiry of the matter. On the other hand, … [Read more...]