Spectator with rainbow flag runs onto field at World Cup
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — A protester ran onto the sphere Monday carrying a rainbow flag and sporting a blue Superman T-shirt that mentioned “SAVE UKRAINE” on the entrance and “RESPECT FOR IRANIAN WOMAN” on the again throughout a World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay.
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Security officers chased the protester down and the flag was dropped on the sphere earlier than the individual was escorted away. The referee then picked up the flag and left it on the sideline, the place it stayed for a number of moments earlier than a employee got here and picked up it.
The protester was ushered away by a tunnel. It wasn’t instantly clear if the individual confronted any prices or had been detained by police.
Thierry De Backer, FIFA’s media officer on the sport, informed The Associated Press he had “no idea” what occurred to the protester. Local Qatari organizers wouldn’t remark.
In the primary week of the event in Qatar, seven European groups misplaced the battle to put on multi-coloured “One Love” armbands throughout World Cup matches. Fans additionally complained they weren’t allowed to deliver objects with rainbow colors, an emblem of LGBTQ rights, into the stadiums of the conservative Islamic emirate.
Qatar’s legal guidelines towards homosexual intercourse and remedy of LGBTQ individuals had been flashpoints within the run-up to the primary World Cup to be held within the Middle East. Qatar has mentioned everybody was welcome, together with LGBTQ followers, however that guests ought to respect the nation’s tradition.
The incident occurred in the course of the second half of the sport at Lusail Stadium.
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who scored each objectives in his crew’s 2-0 win, mentioned he was so centered on the sport that he didn’t actually discover what the protester’s intent was and that he thought the protester might need needed to take an image with Cristiano Ronaldo, his star teammate.
“To be honest I didn’t really see what was the message that was trying to be conveyed,” Fernandes mentioned by a translator. “But we’ve already spoken about that many times. … We respect all human rights but those are political issues where we, unfortunately, don’t really have much strength, where we can’t really change anything.”
Before the World Cup began, Fernandes mentioned soccer must be “for everyone,” including that he wasn’t completely satisfied about staff who died constructing stadiums in Qatar.
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