Michel Platini disagrees with Blatter over Kevin-Prince Boateng

Supersport :    Uefa president Michel Platini differed with his Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter on Monday in applauding Kevin-Prince Boateng leading his AC Milan teammates off the pitch after receving a torrent of racial abuse in a friendly earlier this month.

Blatter had said players should not take matters into their own hands although he has since said that clubs whose fans are guilty of racial abuse could end up facing either points deductions or even demotion.

However, Platini told French radio station RTL on Monday he had been delighted by Ghanaian international midfielder Boateng’s gesture in walking off after some fans of Italian fourth division side Pro Patria showered him with racial abuse.