FIFA sanctioned the Mexican Football Federation and must play a match without an audience, due to the cry that local supporters expressed in the matches of their team during the World Cup, considering said action “as a homophobic, discriminatory and racist act.” In addition, he will have to pay an economic fine.
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a fine of CHF 100,000 on the Mexican Football Federation. and has sanctioned it with a match behind closed doors as a result of the chants of the Mexican fans during the Mexico-Poland and Saudi Arabia-Mexico matches of the FIFA World Cup,” the agency said in a statement.
And I add: “This sanction will be applied in the next official match played by your senior men’s team in a FIFA competition”.
Given that the match in which Mexico will play at home without an audience will be on March 25 against Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League.
previous sanctions
The cry disapproved by FIFA issued by the Mexican fans is “ehhhhh puto”, expressed when the goalkeepers of the rival teams clear the ball during the games played by the “Tri”.
Mexico He was sanctioned on several occasions due to the controversial shout, which cost him matches without an audience and high financial fines, almost to the point of being left out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
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