Serie A clubs AS Roma and AC Milan have made the joint decision to ban newspaper Corriere dello Sport for the rest of the year over its racist "Black Friday" headline used to preview Friday's match between Roma and Inter Milan.
The clubs announced the ban on Twitter:
AS Roma EnglishFollowing the publication today of the front page headline ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ accompanied by a picture of Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku, #ASRoma and @acmilan have issued an immediate ban to Corriere dello Sport. Full statement: https://t.co/8CrreRu2UJ https://t.co/2iPymcH7MD
The joint statement noted Corriere dello Sport tried to send an anti-racism message with the article, which is why the ban will last only until January:
"In response to the 'Black Friday' headline published today by the newspaper, Milan and Roma have decided to ban Corriere dello Sport from our training facilities for the rest of the year and our players will not carry out any media activities with the newspaper during this period.