The amount of grief nations like Iran are carrying while being told to just “play football” under awful conditions on US soil, after everything that country has done to their people, is obscene.
Fun fact. For the 1966 World Cup, England debated denying visas for North Korea. FIFA responded that if any players from any teams were denied visas,they would relocate the World Cup, even at the last minute.
Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.
Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.
THEN they branded him a terrorist.
A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.
vocês estão tacando hate nele por pura inveja pois poucos conseguem um papel de protagonista no primeiro trabalho da carreira ainda um personagem de peso desses
Tudo o que está a acontecer nos EUA era suficiente para se cancelar o mundial em qualquer outro país. Imaginem a África do Sul ou a Rússia ou o Brasil fazer 1/10 do que eles estão a fazer…
O somali Omar Artan, o melhor árbitro africano no ano passado, foi impedido de entrar nos Estados Unidos e não vai arbitrar no Mundial, apesar de ter visto válido.
O motivo não foi revelado, mas a Somália é um dos países na lista de 'travel ban' criada pela presidência de Trump.
Iraqi footballer Aymen Hussein issued a statement after being detained and questioned for seven hours upon entering the United States:
“If America is so hostile towards foreign nationals, why is it hosting the #2026WorldCup?”
When one of the most respected referees in world football is refused entry by the host nation, because they don't like his home country, the correct response of the other referees should be to boycott the tournament unless he is allowed to do his job. Sadly, that won't happen.
Even Hitler's Germany did not prevent athletes and officials from entering the country to take part in the 1936 Olympics.
This is pristine racism and @FIFAcom stands disgraced for allowing Trump to disfigure the beautiful game in this way.