Italian soccer team Juventus and player draw backlash for slant-eye picture tweet

06-Aug-2021 18:07:32 | Yahoo Sports

Italian soccer team Juventus apologized for the photo depicting a racist gesture that it tweeted out on the women's team's Twitter on Thursday. What happened: The team posted a picture showing Cecilia Salvai with a slant-eye gesture while wearing a training cone on her head, mimicking what appears to be a cone hat, ESPN reported. Juventus received backlash for the racist photo and later took down the post from its social media.