Mario Balotelli’s yellow card for protesting alleged racism while playing for Nice last month has been revoked, but there will not be an investigation.
Gazzetta dello Sport reports Balotelli’s booking during Nice’s match against Dijon on February 10 was chalked off by Ligue 1’s disciplinary commission.
Mario Balotelli’s yellow card for protesting alleged racism while playing for Nice last month has been revoked, but there will not be an investigation.
Gazzetta dello Sport reports Balotelli’s booking during Nice’s match against Dijon on February 10 was chalked off by Ligue 1’s disciplinary commission.
However, the newspaper notes an investigation into whether the chants the Italian was complaining about were of a discriminatory nature has been shelved.
Nice described the situation via their Twitter account and President Jean-Pierre Rivere also vented his anger with referee Nicolas Rainville, claiming his club were ‘playing 11 against 12’.