Infantino drops 'world bomb' after acts of racism and proposes 'automatic defeat'

The president of the Fifa, Gianni Infantino, called for measures in stadiums around the world for fans and punishments such as “automatic defeats” for teams whose fans have “abhorrent” behavior after incidents of racism on Saturday at matches in England and Italy.

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“We need all interested parties to take action, starting with education in schools so that future generations understand that this is not part of football or society,” the president began by saying in his statement.

And he added: “In addition to the three-stop process: match suspended, match resumed, match abandoned; We have to implement automatic expulsion for the team whose fans have committed racist acts and have led to the abandonment of the match, as well as bans on access to stadiums around the world and criminal charges for racists.

Infantino He maintained that there is no place for discrimination in football or society in general. “The events that occurred on Saturday in Udine and Sheffield are totally abhorrent and completely unacceptable,” he said in a statement.

“The players affected by Saturday's events have my full support.” Fans shouted like monkeys at the goalkeeper. AC Milanthe French international Mike Maignan, during his team's dramatic 3-2 victory against Udinese. The match was temporarily suspended.

“We make statements, advertising campaigns, protocols and nothing changes,” he lamented. Maignan in a message posted on X (formerly Twitter) this Sunday, calling on all parties involved to “take responsibility.”

“The authors of these acts, because it is easy to act in a group, in the anonymity of a platform. The spectators who were in that platform, who heard everything, but remained silent, you are accomplices.

The club of Udinese, who only talked about an interruption of the game, as if it were not important, they are accomplices. The authorities and the prosecutor, with everything that happens, if you do not act, YOU WILL ALSO BE COMPLICTS,” he denounced.

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“It is a difficult fight, which requires time and courage, but it is a fight that we will win,” he added. Maignan, who thanked the support received from his club, his teammates and the players of the Udinese.

Support for Maignan against racism

Also through X, the star of the 'Bleus' Kylian Mbappé He showed his support for his teammate: “You are by no means alone Mike Maignan. We are all with you. “And he also criticized the inaction of sports officials: “Always the same problems and always NO solution. Enough already!!!”, wrote the PSG forward.

In the same social network, the French Football Federation (FFF) showed his “total support” to the goalkeeper and condemned the incidents that occurred in Udine. Likewise, the midfielder of Coventry, Kasey Palmer, accused fans ofSheffield Wednesday of doing the same against him during a match on Saturday in the second division of English soccer that his team won 2-1.

“We need all relevant actors to take action, starting with education in schools, so that future generations understand that this is not part of football or society,” claimed Infantino.

The world soccer boss urged adopting the three-step process: stop the game, stop it again, and abandon it if the behavior persists. Additionally, “we must apply automatic punishments for teams whose fans engaged in racism that led to the suspension of the game, as well as criminal charges and bans in stadiums around the world for racists.”

“FIFA and football show their full solidarity with the victims of racism and any form of discrimination. Once and for all: no to racism! No to any form of discrimination!” Italian football is regularly marred by episodes of racism, and even Maignan He already suffered them against tifosi from Juventus (2021) and Cagliari (2022).

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“They are stupid people… You can receive whistles or boos from the rival crowd when you play away from home, it is normal, but imitating the screams of a monkey…”, he lamented Maignan after the game. The 28-year-old goalkeeper warned the referee of what was happening in the 26th minute of the match and ten minutes later he decided to leave the field, accompanied by his teammates, before returning a few minutes later. “You have to show the referee and everyone that you have to act like this,” claimed the Frenchman.

Rival clubs such as Inter and the Italian Federation (FIGC) also showed through social networks their support for the Frenchman and their condemnation of racism, although the one who was harshest was the former Milan coach and former Italian national team coach, Arrigo Sacchi.

“How is it possible to hear racist chants in a stadium in 2024? The problem for me is culture: it does not surprise me because in this country ignorance triumphs and racism has always been linked to ignorance,” he wrote in a column in the Gazzetta dello Sport entitled “The Shame of Udine”.

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With information from EFE.

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