Juventus Turin and its women's team have suffered the anger of many Internet users for several hours after the publication of a racist tweet.
Early in the morning this Thursday, the official account of the transalpine club posted a photo of a player, Cecilia Salvia, while the team are in training in Barcelona.
In the photo, the international mimics, smiling slanted eyes with a training cone used as a Chinese hat.
The post was accompanied by emojis illustrating the player's gesture.
The tweet of the women's team of Juventus Turin at the heart of the Twitter controversy
The extremely clumsy tweet provoked outrage from many Internet users accusing the “Old Lady” of racism.
Embarrassed, the women's team was forced to apologize in a new message: "
We sincerely apologize that our tweet, which was not intended to cause controversy or have racist intentions, may have offended anyone. that is.
Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination
”.
But the publication only rekindled the anger of subscribers to the social network, visibly unconvinced by the explanations provided.
