Super Cup, the boos of the Arab public during the minute of silence for Gigi Riva
The story becomes a case, many ask to interrupt all football relations between Italy and Saudi Arabia
The image of Gigi Riva projected at the Riyadh stadium (Ansa)
Boos in Riyadh during the minute of silence to remember Gigi Riva .
Inter and Napoli decided to honor the legend of Italian football and joined in a minute's silence before the start of the second half (the sad news of his death had arrived too late to do so at the start of the match).
A minute tainted by the boos of many Arab fans present at the Al-Awwal Park stadium in Riyadh, despite the loudspeaker having explained the reasons for the initiative . A disconcerting reaction: the applause of the players on the pitch, the journalists and the Italian fans present (in clear inferiority) were not enough to cover the shameful boos that the Arab public had already reserved a few weeks ago for another football legend, Franz Beckenbauer, on the occasion of the Spanish Super Cup .
The boos were also very loud on TV and the story became a case on social media, with many people calling for a definitive end to any football relationship between Italy and Arabia .
The reason, reconstructs the Lega Serie A, is that in Arab culture silence in memory of the dead is not expected. However, there doesn't seem to be a good reason.
