This morning we repeated in this newspaper the harsh words expressed by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, after what happened in Türkiye. He did this on his Instagram account where, a few hours later, he also expressed his total disapproval after what happened. last night in Uruguay with referee Federico Piccardo in the match between Racing de Montevideo and Peñarol.
For the president of football’s highest body, this “appalling violence” has “no place in our sport, or in our society. I want to express all my solidarity with the referee team involved in the disgrace- shame on this incident.”
He also wanted to send a message of total support to the refereeing establishment: “I strongly reiterate that without referees there is no football. The safety of referees and their assistants must be guaranteed at all times.”
And he ended his message, like the previous one from Turkey, wanting the guilty parties to be held accountable, calling on “the authorities to hold those responsible accountable and continue to establish appropriate preventive measures to ensure that violence will be eradicated from the country.” sport”.
Source: La Verdad
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