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The Italian citizen who crossed the field with a rainbow flag and a T-shirt in support of Iranian women has already Ukraineon Monday during the Portugal-Uruguay match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, was quickly released “without consequences”, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday.
“After a brief detention” in some place that was not specified, the man identified as mario ferriborn in 1987, “He was already released by the authorities without consequences,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.confirming information obtained from a local source by AFP.
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Ferrinicknamed “The Falcon”, is a regular of this type of action in the stadiums. In the 2014 World Cup, in Brazilentered the field during the Belgium-United States duel wearing a shirt bearing the inscriptions “Save the children of the favelas” and “Ciro Vive”, in tribute to a Napoli fan who died a short time before, according to the Italian agency AGI.
On his Instagram account, he posted images from inside the Lusail stadium in Doha, the last one at halftime.
It is the first time that a match has been marked by such an intrusion since the start of the competition organized in Qatarwhich has received much Western criticism regarding the treatment of people LGBT+. Homosexuality can be criminally prosecuted.
In the 52nd minute of the game, after running across the field for around half a minute, in front of the players, the man he was brought down by a stadium official and escorted off the field by security.
the italian citizen He wore a T-shirt with the Superman logo on the front with an inscription in support of Ukraine, “Save Ukraine” (“Save Ukraine”), and on the back a message in favor of Iranian women (“Respect for Iranian Woman”) .
The scene was only sneakily shown on television.
“We know what happens around the World Cup. Surely we are with them, with Iran too, with Iranian women. I hope nothing happens to this boy, since we understand his message and I think the world understands it too ”, commented the Portuguese Ruben Neves after the game.
If FIFA ensured that flags or clothing in the colors of the rainbow would be accepted in the stadiums, in fact, they have been confiscated on several occasions by the security forces.
Source: Elcomercio
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