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.
Torcedores da Argentina cometeram atos racistas, e o técnico do Egito denunciou o caso. Mesmo assim, quem recebeu cartão amarelo foi ele.
O árbitro simplesmente ignorou a denúncia.
🇪🇬🇦🇷 A FIFA criou uma regra para que, ao fazer um sinal de X com os braços, o protocolo anti-racismo seja ativado. Hoje, o técnico do Egito fez o sinal para denunciar um caso de racismo cometido por argentinos, no entanto, a arbitragem o ignorou e continuou o jogo após uma pausa.
🚨🗣 Egypt's Coach Hossam Hassan couldn't control himself after full-time:
"I will say what's on my mind regardless of the consequence, this was clearly a rigged match and the whole world saw it"
"And I want to say one more thing, if they want them [Argentina] to win so bad, why call everyone to come and participate?"
All 3 World Cup hosts eliminated in the same round, but not alike:
🇨🇦: Proudly, with its best showing ever in a World Cup
🇲🇽: Courageously, pushing favourite England to the brink
🇺🇲: In shame, with the world cheering against their pedophile-ruled shithole for tarnishing the game