[p]The Englishman accused the Sardinian club's Italian defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dossena-alberto/4j96wYs7/"]Alberto Dossena[/a] of using a racist slur against him.[/p][p][b]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/udinese/rXw8YKDE/"]Udinese Calcio[/a] wishes to express its full support for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davis-keinan/SKxz4XFS/"]Keinan Davis[/a] following the disgraceful racist insults he was subjected to by an opposition player during this afternoon's game,"[/b] Udinese said in a statement.[/p][p][b]"The club strongly condemns such despicable behaviour, which causes serious harm to the image and the values of the sport we love."[/b][/p][embed guid="23a1ebe5-c950-4b13-a4c7-99a32a521e35" url="https://x.com/Udinese_1896/status/2053157415739085209" social-type="twitter" /][p]Davis told officials he had been racially abused and was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/cagliari-SCGVmKHb/udinese-rXw8YKDE/?mid=YJwXlH9C"]initially booked[/a] during the heated final minutes of the game before the sanction was revoked.[/p][p]The 28-year-old then said on Instagram Dossena had called him a monkey, an accusation Dossena then denied on the same social network.[/p]
Udinese giving 'full support' to striker Keinan Davis over 'disgraceful' racial abuse
Italian Serie A club Udinese said on Saturday it was fully supporting striker Keinan Davis who claimed he was subjected to racist abuse during their 2-0 win at Cagliari.
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