Despite the strict restrictions for both fans and players regarding the issue of homosexuality during the celebration of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, there has been no shortage of fans who, regardless of the prohibitions imposed by the host country, have managed to go against what is imposed and express their ideals regarding the LGBTQ+ community.
Adding to the cases of the BBC reporter who defied FIFA by wearing an LGBT armband in Qatar and the Iranians who protested against the death of Mahsa Amini during the second game in Wales, is one more. It is about a fan who jumped onto the field with a flag of the LGBT community wearing a shirt in support of Iranian and Ukrainian women.
Among the most notable cases of people who have gone against the conservative and discriminatory ideas of the Middle Eastern country, the case of a man passionate about soccer who was identified in networks under the name of Mario Ferri Falco, recently went viral. who, wearing shorts and a blue shirt with the Superman logo, he entered the Portugal vs. Uruguay and was persecuted by the authorities.
The fan who challenged FIFA by jumping onto the field of play with a flag with the emblematic colors of the LGBT+ community wore on his shirt a couple of phrases in favor of women’s rights and against the war in Ukraine, an act which is taken as a demonstration against the restrictions imposed by the hosts of the World Cup.
According to Twitter users, the protagonist of this viral feat is an Italian pambolero, who ran until he reached midfield carrying the flag in his right hand, but was intercepted by three stadium security guards, who took him off the field to continue the football match.
After removing the fan from the field, the flag remained on the grass for a few seconds, until the central referee of the match, the Iranian Alireza Faghani, picked it up and took it to one of the sides of the field so that it could be confiscated by the stadium staff.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that the fan Mario Ferri Falco enters a field in this way, since there is a history of a similar experience in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when the footballer also entered the field to demand legislation in favor of vulnerable children. That time he also wore a Superman shirt, but this time under the phrase “Save the children of the favelas.”
Source: Okchicas
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