Fans of Inter cheering during the Italian Serie A football match Fiorentina vs Inter Milan on Dec 15, 2019 at the Artemio-Franchi stadium in Florence. Racist chants have been aimed at Romelu Lukaku, Franck Kessie, Dalbert Henrique, Miralem Pjanic, Ronaldo Vieira, Kalidou Koulibaly and Mario Balotelli. — AFP
ROME: Italian league officials are developing a system of facial recognition technology to identify fans responsible for racist chants, Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo announced on Dec 16.
The announcement comes amid an Italian season marred by discriminatory behaviour.
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