Shoutout to France to hide rainbow logo against homophobia

The French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudea-Castéra, This Monday, he called for a “firm sanction” against the Ligue 1 footballer who refrained from participating in the anti-homophobia events held yesterday by the French League (LFP) on the occasion of the final day of the championship.

Mohamed Camara, The Malian midfielder from Monaco, put several pieces of black tape to cover the two logos about the event on his shirt and walked a few dozen meters away, before the game, avoiding being in a family photo with the players of his team and Nantes and a sign about the day of the match, a picture similar to other matches in Ligue 1 on the day of the match.

“I think this is unacceptable behavior, I said yesterday evening what I think of the Professional Football League. I think this behavior should receive the strongest punishment, both against to the player and against the club that authorized it.” said today in a statement on RTL radio.

Monaco supports the initiative

The Monaco coach, the Austrian Adi Hutter, He said after the meeting that he would hold “an internal discussion” with the player and stressed that “at club level, we support the operation organized by the LFP” to raise awareness about homophobia.

The incident with Camara was accompanied by the refusal of the Egyptian Nantes midfielder Mostafa Mohamed to play a match.

The actions of the LFP against homophobia took place on the last day of Ligue 1 and this time the changes in the shirts are more careful after several refusals to play that have occurred since these events were held (it started in 2019) to mark the World Day against homophobia.

Last year three Toulouse players and Mostafa Mohamed They refused to play so as not to wear jerseys with rainbow numbers.

Nantes may impose a financial penalty Mohamed, as happened last year, Le Monde points out today.