Guinea-born Italian rugby star accepts apology after being given rotten banana in club's Secret Santa
Cherif Traore, 28, who migrated to Italy from west Africa as a seven-year-old and has won 16 Italy caps, says he was"hurt" by the gesture.A Guinea-born Italian rugby star who was given a rotten banana in his club's Secret Santa says he has accepted an apology - but insisted:"Forgiveness... doesn't mean forgetting".
All Benetton players were also summoned to the training ground on Wednesday afternoon where they apologised to the prop and were addressed by club president Amerino Zatta.He said:"Christmas is kindness, Christmas is gratitude, Christmas is forgiveness... I speak these words over my life this year and I want to put them into practice."And I want to forgive, which I admit, doesn't mean forgetting something, being passive about it when it happened.
"I appreciate and accept his apology and that of the entire team. I'm happy with the gesture and I'm sure what happened will make the group even more solid." He wrote:"Christmas is coming and as traditionally in a team it's Secret Santa time. A friendly and playful moment. A moment where you can afford to give anonymous gifts to your mates, even stingy, ironic ones."I'm used to it, or better, I've had to get used to it, having to make a good face on a bad game whenever I hear racist jokes in order to try not to hate the people close to me. was different though.
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