'It's 2019 and we're going backwards'

gium and lay metropolis striker Romelu Lukaku created a plea to soccer federations and social media platforms on Mon to try and do a lot of to fight racism once he was subjected to racist abuse in Sunday's 2-1 Serie A success at Cagliari.

The former Manchester United striker gave the impression to be the target of monkey chants from the house crowd at the Sardegna Arena -- a similar venue wherever former Juventus forward Moise role player was additionally abused -- as he ready to require the decisive penalty.

Several black players have suffered on-line racist abuse in recent weeks, as well as United's Paul Pogba and Chelsea's Tammy Abraham and Kurt Zouma.

Lukaku lamented the dearth of action despite years of complaints.

"Many players in the last month have suffered from racial abuse. I did yesterday too," Lukaku aforementioned on Instagram. "Football may be a game to be enjoyed and that we should not settle for any type of discrimination which will place our game in shame