Many people don’t know this, but the crossed-arms “X” signal is FIFA’s universal gesture for reporting racist abuse.
When a player, coach, or team official makes that signal, they’re informing the referee that racist abuse has occurred. It is meant to trigger FIFA’s three-step anti-racism protocol: first stop the match, then suspend it if the abuse continues, and ultimately abandon the match if it doesn’t stop.
Today, Egypt manager Hossam Hassan made the “X” gesture from the touchline. Instead of initiating the protocol, the referee booked Hassan with a yellow card and allowed play to continue.
Egypt national team coach Hossam Hassan held up a FIFA “No to Racism” banner and gestured toward the French referee after Argentina’s third goal was allowed without a VAR review for the foul on Salah 😳😬 https://t.co/djV5ndUZRt
Incredible Egyptian goal is disallowed because of a foul far away, then same situation a few minutes later and goal for Argentina not disallowed! No VAR, nothing? FIFA again looks like a corrupt joke, playing favorites for stars.
بحس طول الوقت اني معنديش اي وسطيه
ي اجتماعيه بغباء ي أما عايزه اختفي ومحدش يعرف عني حاجه 💔😂 ياما ف اقصي مراحل الهيبره ي اقصي مراحل الهدوء كله ف الextremes كدا 🫢😌
الحمد الله أنا مش شخص بعلق كل حاجه علي شماعه الحسد ويمكن قليل لما بستخدم الكلمه دي ف حياتي الحمد الله
بس بجد ف ناس بتجبرك تصدق انها ممكن تحسد مش عشان انت عملت اللي مبيتعملش عشان هم كدا مع اي حد او اي حاجه ف الدنيا أصلا 😅🤦🏼