Italy and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has joined the criticism of Italian football federation (FIGC) presidential candidate Carlo Tavecchio after the 71-year-old referred to African players as “banana-eaters.”
As the row continued to fester a week after the comments were made, Chiellini said the position needed somebody with “decorum and personality” and that Tavecchio’s rival Demetrio Albertini was the only suitable candidate. Tavecchio gave a radio interview later on Sunday in which he said he suffered more than Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated American President John F. Kennedy in 1963.