Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis believes that the chants made by the Juventus fans during the sides' Serie A clash on Sunday were "satirical" and "not disgusting".
The champions were given a partial stadium ban by the Italian football authorities for their supporters' geographically discriminatory chants at the Juventus Stadium.
"To see people insulting another group of people is not disgusting," he said at a sports convention in Naples.
"When I hear that [Mount] Vesuvius should wash us away, then it just makes me laugh. It's satirical. It's just a provocation to a city which needs to wake up."
Juventus won the contest 3-0 to move just one point behind leaders Roma in the table.
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Subhankar Mondal
Subhankar Mondal
