We will have to see if it's really worth carrying on playing in Italy. The Italian FA responded to the incident by announcing they would conduct an investigation while Boateng, who is contracted at San Siro until , has received widespread support from around the football world.
The midfielder said he was "proud" that his team-mates had joined him in boycotting the the match. Boateng also revealed also that the chants started before the game commenced, but after 26 minutes, he had had enough. I went to the referee and told him that if I hear it again, then I'd quit. A friendly match between Milan and the fourth-tier club Pro Patria was abandoned on Thursday after players walked off in protest at racist chanting from fans. The game, played in Busto Arsizio, was called off after 26 minutes when a section of Pro Patria supporters targeted Milan's Kevin-Prince Boateng, who reacted to the abuse by picking up the ball and kicking it at the crowd in the stand behind him.
The Ghanaian then tore off his shirt and walked off the field at the opposite end. On his way, he applauded other sections of the crowd, who then appeared to react angrily towards the corner of the ground from where the chants came. Pro Patria's Dario Alberto Polverini attempted to talk to Boateng as the year-old departed, but the midfielder carried on walking and the rest of the players, led by Milan's captain, Massimo Ambrosini, followed him off the pitch.
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The midfielder had been at the San Siro for three years and had developed into an enigma. He had huge highs, like the October day in when he came on as a substitute and scored the second-fastest hat trick in Serie A history—14 minutes to David Trezeguet's 10 in —to turn a deficit into a win over Lecce.
But he also had some lows. He was prone to sulking and sometimes looked out of place transitioning from a more box-to-box midfielder to a trequartista. But even beyond any issues he may have had at the club, it was clear he was starting to sour on Serie A. A small minority of boneheaded fans in Italy has given the league a bad reputation when it comes to racism. The infamous incident in January of during a winter-break friendly against fourth-tier team Pro Patria—when Boateng booted the ball into the stands and then walked off the pitch—was probably one of the main factors in his decision to leave the club that summer.
Boateng's talent is undeniable. He is an excellent passer who can serve as either a springboard from deep or as the final link between the midfield and the striker.
He's got a nose for goal too, as that day against Lecce showed. He scored 13 times in three years for Milan and seven times in all competitions for Schalke last season.
This year he hasn't managed to find the net and has only notched four assists between the Bundesliga and Champions League.
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