«There was no request, when it happens and there will be a request from the other team, we will kneel for a feeling of solidarity and sensitivity towards the other team ». So Giorgio Chiellini, captain of Italy, to the microphones of Rai Sport before the eighth final of Euro2020 against Austria in London, thus making it known that the Azzurri will not kneel before the kick-off at Wembley (a gesture of support for the “Black Lives Matter” movement). The captain, however, then stumbled upon a sensational gaffe: «They will certainly try to fight Nazism in other ways, with initiatives together with the federation in the coming months, ”he said,“ confusing ”Nazism with racism.
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Social irony
The irony was immediately unleashed on social media. «It is 1944 and Giorgio Chiellini joined the Italian Resistance. Everything is fine, ”wrote one user. “Chiellini, he is a little late … 76 years old,” replies another. “And we will fight Nazism and we will break Austria’s back»Exclaims another. Then there are those who compare Chiellini’s gaffe to that made by Orietta Berti, who had said: “I wouldn’t mind doing a duet with Madame, as with Ermal Metal, but also with the Naziskins.” There was also no lack of polemical comments: “I am patriotic up to a certain point, hearing Chiellini say we will fight Nazism (which is perhaps the time where he remained) makes me lose all interest in the result of this match”.
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And we’ll fight Nazism and break Austria’s back.#chiellini
— Sarah Connor (@SarahConnor_18) June 26, 2021
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I am patriotic up to a certain point, hearing Chiellini say we will fight Nazism (which is perhaps the time where he stayed) makes me lose all interest in the result of this match. #ITAAUT
– ????? ? (@n_fausta) June 26, 2021
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