Roma coach Luciano Spalletti says Antonio Rudiger has their full backing.

Rudiger was racially barracked against Lazio this week.

Spalletti said: “Rudiger? In trying to stamp out racism, as we are in Europe, there's the need for an ethical path because we're still far away from doing so.

“You have to be very strong and attack anyone guilty of this behaviour.

“In Tuscany everybody knows about the blind boy with beautiful blue eyes. When he approached someone, he'd open his eyes wide.

“Although he couldn't see, it was his way of saying, 'show yourself, even if I don't see you'.

“Racists should live like him to see people as they are and for the heart they have, not for their skin colour."