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.
🚨🇪🇬 OFICIAL! FEDERAÇÃO EGÍPCIA ACIONA A FIFA!
A Federação Egípcia de Futebol protocolou oficialmente uma queixa junto à FIFA, solicitando uma investigação sobre as decisões de arbitragem na derrota por 3 a 2 para a Argentina 🇦🇷 pela Copa do Mundo.
A entidade egípcia quer que os lances mais polêmicos da partida sejam analisados e que a atuação da equipe de arbitragem seja revisada.
O confronto segue repercutindo fortemente, e a reclamação oficial aumenta ainda mais a pressão sobre a FIFA para esclarecer os episódios do jogo.
@geglobo
It’s hilarious how Argentina’s penalties get cleared by VAR in seconds, but when someone scores against Argentina, they go back 3 minutes looking for a reason to disallow it 😭😭😭
argued with a guy in a convenient store and i left mad as hell but saw two cats fighting so i recorded it and he went outside too and also recorded it and we both made up and became friends