Rival Fans Behind Lautaro Martinez’s Recent Blasphemy Investigation

Written By Onyeka Daniel

There’s an ongoing investigation surrounding Inter striker, Lautaro Martinez over his outburst in a recent match and it has now been revealed that the main reason behind it is related to Juventus and their supporters.

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According to a report from Gazzetta dello Sport, the reason for the Italian FA investigation into the outburst and alleged blasphemy case of the Inter captain is because of a complaint by Juventus supporters.

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The allegations of blasphemous language by Lautaro has made headlines in the last couple weeks. At the heart of the matter was an outburst by the Argentine after the Derby d’Italia against Juventus.Martinez vented his anger after that 1-0 loss to the Bianconeri.

There were some suggestions that he used blasphemous language in his verbal tirade.That would be punishable within Italian football. So far, Lautaro has avoided a suspension for his outburst mainly because of a lack of corroborating evidence to back up the claims.

The Sporting Justice was unable to find audio that would prove whether or not he uttered blasphemous language. There are similarities to a case involving Roma midfielder Bryan Cristante last season. Then according to the report, there was also a similar.

This time, it is with Juventus defender Andrea Cambiaso and ironically, the alleged blasphemous language by Cambiaso happened in the reverse fixture to last month’s Derby d’Italia. The 24-year-old appeared to use the language during a 4-4 draw between the Nerazzurri and the Bianconeri.

As with the cases of Martinez and Cristante, the Sporting Justice did not find conclusive audio evidence. However, the Italian FA did not open an investigation into Cambiaso subsequently. On the other hand, it has done with Martinez.

Therefore, Italian FA prosecutor Giuseppe Chine will consider not only lip-reading evidence, but also audio that has been located. There would be some possibility of a one-match ban for Martinez. More likely, however, would be a fine for the Inter captain.

There is a particular reason for the Italian FA investigation. After the match last month, according to the report, an association of Juventus supporters filed a complaint regarding the alleged blasphemy incident.

Therefore, in response to this the Italian FA has opened the investigation into Martinez. In a related development, Oaktree Capital have made another cash injection of €5 million into Inter Milan.

This is confirmed in the official semi-annual statement from Inter Media & Communication. It was further revealed that the total cash injection into the club’s equity reserves from the owners has reached €52 million.

Oaktree Capital have now been Inter Milan owners for the better part of a year. The North American fund took over the Nerazzurri in May of last year. They repossessed the club from former owners Suning.

This was after the Chinese company had defaulted on a loan. Since taking over, Oaktree have shifted the Nerazzurri’s strategy on a number of levels. That is not to say that the owners have made a radical overhaul behind the scenes.

On the contrary, they have kept much of the key personnel, such as Beppe Marotta. Moreover, last summer there was very little tampering with the Inter squad. The Nerazzurri largely kept last season’s Serie A title-winning team together.

However, there are clear signs that Oaktree want to focus more on young players. Their aim is to invest in lowering the average age of the squad, and signing players with resale value. Moreover, there is a more ambitious commercial strategy than ever.

Oaktree are also in a hurry to move forward on the project of a new stadium to replace the San Siro. That would certainly come as a massive boost to revenues. In the meantime, they’ve also been making cash injections into the Nerazzurri.

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The club’s recent report confirms that the most recent of these came in December of last year and it was of around €5 million. That takes the total cash injection from Oaktree into Inter to €52 million since they took over.

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