FIFA’s sanction of Mexico for discriminatory chants at the World Cup

FIFA sanctioned the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) and must play a match without an audience, due to the shout that local fans expressed in the matches of their selection during the World Cup, considering this action “as a homophobic, discriminatory and racist fact”, and will also have to pay an economic fine. ” The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has fined the Mexican Football Federation 100,000 Swiss francs ($107,000) and sanctioned it with a match behind closed doors following chants by Mexican fans during the Mexico-Poland and Saudi Arabia-Mexico matches of the FIFA World Cup. The agency said in a statement. He added: “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.What shout motivated the sanction of FIFA to MexicoThe cry that FIFA disapproves of issued by the Mexican fans is “ehhhhh puto”, expressed when the goalkeepers of the rival teams clear the ball during the matches played by the “Tri”. Mexico was sanctioned on several occasions due to the controversial shout, which cost matches without public and high economic fines, almost on the verge of being left out of the Qatar World Cup.

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