Serie A Club AS Roma have banned one of its fans from attending its games for life. The supporter is said to have abused Brazilian defender Juan Jesus racially on social media.
The move by the club met a lot of appreciation on twitter.
The Italian Club tweeted an image of the texts and the details of the instagram account used by the fan. AS Roma also confirmed to have reported the matter to the police.
A statement from AS Roma read: “The owner of the below Instagram account sent Juan Jesus disgusting racist abuse via direct message today [Thursday].
“We have reported the account to the Italian police. We have reported the account to Instagram.
“The person responsible will be banned from Roma games for life.”
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