Andrea Belotti, captain of Torino, had an exemplary Fair Play gesture during Saturday’s game against Atalanta and his reaction travels the world garnering all kinds of accolades. What happened?
In a game action near the Atalanta area, Belotti fell to the ground rigged with the Argentine defender Christian romero. Immediately, the forward turned to point out to the referee Fourneau, who had already whistled the infraction, that his fall was not a foul and he gestured “no” with his finger.
However, as the infraction was sanctioned, there was no going back. What did Belotti do? Instead of kicking the goal, he returned the ball to Atalanta. It is worth noting that at that time, Torino was losing 3-0 … Would someone else have done the same? After the moment, Romero approached Belotti to acknowledge him and they clenched their fists.
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Some will speak positive karma and others simply of sporting merit, but the truth is that Torino pulled off an unexpected comeback and ended up leveling the match 3-3. The first goal of his team was pointed out precisely by Belotti, but not because of that he won a place in the world’s newspapers, but because of his honesty and good milk on the field.
Marca highlighted Belotti’s gesture.
In the Spanish newspaper Marca, for example, they highlighted it on the back cover as the video that had passed by in the heat of the sports weekend, but that yes or yes should be seen. “This video should be shown in all schools”, they wrote.