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AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng and the rest of his team walked off the pitch in protest of racist taunts from Pro Patria supporters.

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Here's what you missed by not watching fox soccer news last night. Unfortunately and other outward display of racism from fans has marred in other European soccer match this summer friendly between AC Milan Italian lower division club pro Pretoria. In who still our season. Mean eleven players who walked off on mass after a group of pro country -- supporters. Began. There taunts in the 46 minutes Kevin prince Forte picked up the ball and kicked in at a section of the crowd. Appropriate. Play and Italy's fourth tier by the way despite appeals from the stadium PA announcer fans continued their hurled racial abuse. Of -- today as well as -- manuals and sell him out there and M by media. AC Milan. Walked off the pitch in the match was not. Restart it. After the incident -- their supporters saying shame that these things. Still happen -- tags stopped. Racism and forever the incidents occurred further reaction around the football world Italian football association president Giancarlo about their release a statement saying. No sanction a measure can erase the disdain for unspeakable intolerable episode. We must react with force and without silence obviously the few criminals that transform. -- friendly match into an uproar that offends all of a tide football. Many footballers at celebrities also and we're there show their support for the Milan man Rio Ferdinand -- if the stories about -- walking off. The -- -- teammates after being racially abused her true fair play to him. Well done at -- UEFA stand out. An international striker in him timed it just read about the Kevin prince for -- situation well done to him for standing up against the mindless fools -- that respect. After they kicked it out. Patrick Vieira thought the act was very brave thing. It was brave of Kevin principled thing to do what he did today and it was the right thing we need to stand up and stand together. Well done and company called for more action against stomping out racism by tweeting. Act of racism against towards things during Milan friendly how about becoming extremely intolerance -- racist idiots they need to be told. I can only salute the -- decision to leave the pitch. Also noted the majority of the fans were completely supportive. All of the players and finally. -- Morgan talk sure. Post up plotted the actions of the players saying this is exactly how you -- out racism in football. Just walk off -- different sport -- a bad. Yeah. Under the white colleagues must realize the power they have they have the power in the UK are elsewhere wore off. And it brings it home to the races but the relaxed -- -- financial. And social cost to your racism which that you will not see the game that you paid for. And that -- I think it's a very important statement to our European football. Do respect and look what the UEFA says the FAA says or even if -- -- Italian FA says that players take direct action themselves. -- How we gave up under him and let those people that speak to conduct themselves on -- end in such a lot of -- don't waste their money. But good chunk of the world when they get but I think it's actually a very effective maybe even mark a watershed. We've black eyed white players showing the power they actually do. Join us for fox soccer news every night at 10 PM eastern and Pacific.

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