The Juventus FC Women team is catching some unwanted attention after player Cecilia Salvai tweeted a photo of herself during practice.
The Italian team member was photoed posing with an orange cone on her head while pulling her eyes in the “slanted-eyes” orientation, captioned with an emoji mimicking the same gesture. The post stayed up from the team’s Twitter account for 25 minutes before a number of users flagged it, prompting the platform to remove the post.
The team has since issued an apology to soccer fans with, “We sincerely apologize that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone. Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination.”
i’m taking bets on the Juventus FC Women twitter’s apology. Will it include a “promise to be better” or not? pic.twitter.com/zbtmCwUh2c
— Robert (@roblmn) August 5, 2021
In other sports news, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi announces retirement after 2021 MotoGP season.
