FIFA informed that he had opened a new disciplinary procedure against Mexican Football Federation for the insistent homophobic screams that appear on their stadiums in official competitions.
This time it happened in Jalisco, scene where it develops Concacaf Under-23 pre-Olympic tournament and where the fans who came in shouted “put …” at the goalkeeper Dominican Republic.
As established by FIFA, penalties may range from a financial fine, loss of three points or veto at this stage for future commitments. If they make the drastic decision to drop points, the Tricolor could face Honduras and not Canada in the semifinals, however the chances for now are far off.
” FIFA can confirm that it has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Mexican Football Federation following discriminatory incidents during the match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic played on March 18, 2021 “, was the report provided by FIFA to ESPN this Friday.
Conformable ESPN, if this place is closed to them, the next semifinal game against Canada Sunday (19:00)It would be played without an audience, because it would be in the same stadium where the match against the Dominican Republic was played.
For now FIFA He is only investigating the game against the Dominicans, but the same shout was presented on Wednesday during the game between Mexicans and Americans at Akron Stadium.
For Mexico, these economic sanctions are not new, they have previously been fined for these expressions in the stands, in addition to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) To prevent this type of action from continuing, he decided to create the protocol of the three steps and videos were even made to encourage fans not to continue with the shout “Put …”, however it did not work and again they are exposed sanctions.