Udinese CEO defends clubs' values after Maignan abuse
Franco Collavino said Udinese stand with racially abused Mike Maignan, but will still appeal their stadium ban
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00:00 First of all, I want to express my disappointment, both personally and for the club, for what happened on Saturday night.
00:12 And I want to express our closeness to Milan-Magnan goalkeeper for what happened.
00:20 On the other hand, we are also sorry for the heavy sanction that was imposed on us by the sports judge.
00:32 It is a decision that we will talk about later, we will appeal.
00:40 In this sense, our feeling is that we have to defend our history and what we have always done as a club.
00:54 We are a club that has always done its own mantra of integration and multi-ethnicity.
01:03 We have historically had players from all nations, from different nations.
01:11 We have always had many colourful players.
01:17 We have never had any problems of any kind.
01:22 These players are always perfectly integrated in our club, in our territory, in the city, without any problem.
01:30 That is why it is important for us to defend our values,
01:36 since the multi-ethnic nature of the club is an added value and this must remain so.