Bakayoko, of Milan, right, was subjected to racial abuse at the San Siro

Fifa has been urged to step in and take charge of how racism in football is combated and punished in Italy after another high-profile incident of racial abuse during a cup semi-final on Wednesday.

Fare, the anti-discrimination network, argues that the country should be placed under “special measures” as racism has become “a very big problem”.

Racial abuse was directed towards the AC Milan players Tiémoué Bakayoko — on loan from Chelsea — and Franck Kessié during Lazio’s Italian Cup semi-final, second leg win at the San Siro. Inflatable bananas were seen in the away end and Lazio fans paraded a banner in the city before kick-off that read “honour to Benito Mussolini” near Piazzale Loreto, where the fascist dictator was executed in 1945.

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