Not just Vinicius Jr.: Lloyd Kelly also reports racist abuse after Juventus loss
Juventus defender Lloyd Kelly has named and shamed an individual for racially abusing him on social media in the hours following Juventus’s 5-2 loss against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday night: ‘This I won’t accept’.
Kelly names and shames racist fan after Galatasaray 5-2 Juventus
The first round of Champions League play-off matches were marred by accusations of racist abuse on Tuesday evening. Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. has accused Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni of making a racist remark during their first leg match in Lisbon, and Kelly has shown evidence of a racist comment that he was subjected to online.
Posting on his Instagram story on Wednesday morning, the former Newcastle and Bournemouth defender has shared a screenshot of a comment left on one of his posts, which reads: “Go back to the zoo.”
Kelly himself wrote: “Criticism comes all throughout life and in sports and I’ve always accepted this. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions but this I won’t accept.
“Words and actions have meaning and also consequences.”
He proceeded to tag the individual who left the comment as well as the company that he is believed to work for.