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Inter Given Stadium Ban After Fans' Racial Abuse Toward Kalidou Koulibaly

Inter Milan have been given a two-match stadium ban following the alleged racist abuse Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly received on Wednesday from fans at the San Siro.

On Thursday, the FIGCu2015Italy's football federationu2015announced the Nerazzuri will play two matches behind closed doors and that one of their stadium's stands, the Curva Nord, will be shut down for a third, per Football Italia.

Napoli's Italian forward Lorenzo Insigne (2ndR) holds off Napoli's Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly (R) as referee Paolo Mazzoleni (4thL) argues with Napoli's Belgian forward Dries Mertens after Koulibaly received a red card during the Italian Serie

Koulibaly himself has been suspended for two matches after he was sent off for "sarcastic applause" of the referee after being booked during the game.

The Senegal international received constant abuse throughout the 1-0 loss, and Napoli manager Carlo Ancelotti said he asked the referee to suspend the match on three separate occasions, per sportswriter James Horncastle:

James Horncastle

Ancelotti says Napoli asked for the game to be suspended on 3 occasions for racist chanting aimed at Koulibaly.