Last week, while AC Milan battled Pro Patria, a section of the Pro Patria fans ranted racist abuse on Ghanaian Kevin Prince-Boateng. The reaction got Prince-Boateng leaving the pitch in fury as well as other AC Milan players, which left the match abandoned.

The FIFA president Sepp Blatter however did not agree with Boateng's move. He alluded that there should be better solutions to the issue of racist fans.

“Walk off? No, I don't think that is the solution,” Blatter told reporters in Dubai.

“But the Italian federation have yet to provide FIFA with the report detailing what exactly has happened. I don't think you can run away, because eventually you can run away if you lose a match."

“This issue is a very touchy subject, but I repeat there is zero tolerance of racism in the stadium; we have to go against that.The only solution is to be very harsh with the sanctions - and the sanctions must be a deduction of points or something similar.”

As there will always be misfits and lawless racist fans sometimes, the question lies 'what will be the best solution: walking off, fines or point deduction?'

AC Milan showed support for Boateng by wearing T-shirts 'AC Milan against racism'.




http://www.sportinferno.com/article/64/racism-in-football-was-it-wrong-for-prince-boateng-to-leave/