Ghanaian International Alfred Duncan was the victim of social media racist abuse after his side Cagliari defeated AS Roma by 3-2 in their Italian Serie A game on Sunday.

The Ghanaian midfielder has forgiven the perpetrator of he vile racist abuse after mother of the person reached out to him.

Cagliari who are battling relegation defeated AS Roma in an entertaining but hard fought win that moved them out of the relegation zone.

The 28 year old Ghanaian midfielder who was sent the racial abuse via his direct message displayed a screenshot of the abuse sent by a fan of the opposing team but the Cagliari midfielder showed he was a better human being than his abuser as the showed class by sending him a savage thought provoking response.

“There is no limit to the worst and unfortunately social networks are a megaphone for the stupid,” said the fan.

Reacting to the abuse, Alfred Duncan player did not think much about it and decided to teach him an exemplary lesson by publishing the screenshot of the message and replying: "The fault is not his but his parents ... education is the keyword".

After the incident, the mother of the racist fan reached out to Cagliari and Alfred Duncan to apologize on behalf of his son which has been confirmed by the Ghana International.

"Yesterday the mother of the boy who insulted me apologized to both me and Cagliari Calcio. I accept his apologies because he understood the mistake and tried to fix it. I was not interested in racist phrases but parents never touch each other. and we must know that behind the players there are people who have made sacrifices to get to where they are. This must be a lesson, especially for parents because we are the reflection of our children. "