By Sergio Silva
02 Mar 2024, 21:46 PM EST
The victory achieved by AC Milan on Friday against Lazio (0-1) came to a head after the American midfielder Christian Pulisic will end up receiving death threats on social networks by fans of the Roman team who accuse him of unsportsmanlike behavior.
The Rossoneri team won an exciting match thanks to a goal in the last minutes by Noah Okafor (m.88). At the end of the match Christian Pulisic ended up seeing the yellow card and was involved in discussions with some Lazio players in a situation that got out of hand for the main referee of the match, Marco Di Bello.
However, things went beyond the field of play after the AC Milan player made a publication on his personal Instagram account where death threats soon appeared against him made by accounts related to fans of the Roman team.
“Nothing but love for this team and for the entire Rossonera family”, the player wrote a message that he illustrated with an image where he appears before starting the game. In the comments of the publication, Roman fans upset by the defeat began to exude hatred.
Additionally, Christian Pulisic had a clash with a Lazio player during Friday’s match, corresponding to matchday 27 of Serie A. It is Luca Pellegrini who ended up being sent off for an attack against the American shortly after the goal scored. by Okafor.
“I do not wish you to die, but rather to suffer slowly day after day.”wrote one. “You and your family must die.”added another among the various threatening messages received by the player who is having a great season with the Rossonero team.
It must be remembered that this is not the first time that Christian Pulisic has been a victim of harassment on social networks. In 2021, the footballer published a video fishing with an endangered marine species, which generated rejection from his followers to the point of receiving death threats.
Supported by his colleagues
After the attacks received by Christian Pulisic on his social networks from Lazio fans became known in a publication he made on his Instagram account, his AC Milan teammates were present to offer their support to the North American midfielder.
One of them was the Frenchman Theo Hernández, who commented on Christian Pulisic’s publication. “Puli, I am your security agent” wrote the defender accompanying your message with some smile emoticons.
For its part, the sports brand Puma, in charge of dressing AC Milan, published a message of support for the North American player with two hearts, one in red and the other in black, with which the Milan team is identified.
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