(CNN) Corriere dello Sport has accused critics of "lynching" the newspaper in a staunch defense of its "Black Friday" front page. The Italian publication sparked a race row this week after dubbing Friday's Serie A match between Inter Milan and AS Roma "Black Friday", along with pictures of players Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku. The cover was slammed on social media with both Smalling and Lukaku expressing their opposition. "I hope the editors involved in running this headline take responsibility and understand the power they possess through words, and the impact those words can have," tweeted SmallingLukaku described it as one of the "most dumbest headlines" he'd ever seen.

Source: CNN December 06, 2019 10:41 UTC