It was last October 7th, and FIFA imposed the Cesena defender Marco Curto 10 match ban, due to an alleged racist insult directed three months ago by the player towards Hwang Hee-Chan of Wolverhampton, during a friendly match in which Curto was still playing for Como. The Lausanne Tas then halved the disqualification of the Cesena player, who spoke again today after the press conference announced yesterday by the Romagna club.
These are his words, taken from the online edition of Courier of Romagna: “Being exposed to racism wasn’t nice, also because at the root of it all there was a misunderstandingbut I wasn’t so bad because I felt everyone’s closeness. I have lived these weeks well not only thanks to the support of the people, but also because I was involved in a splendid project with the ASP (Public Company for Personal Services, ed.). It was an incredible opportunity for social enrichment, I met fantastic people who help less fortunate kids and I was happy to have had this experience with them. I thank Cesena and all the people who were close to me. FIFA? He does a great job against racism, but my case is different, I think there was a misunderstanding.”
Meanwhile, we would like to remind you that Curto, with reference to the ASP project, participated in 7 meetings lasting two and a half hours each at the Public Personal Services Company of the Cesena-Valle Savio district, and from Saturday he will be available to Mister Michele Mignani for the match against Reggiana, valid for the 14th day of the Serie B championship.