Did racist incidents take place in the stands of the Puskas Arena during the draw between Hungary and France (1-1) on Saturday afternoon at the Euro?
UEFA announces this Sunday afternoon at Parisien-Today in France the opening of an investigation around this meeting, played in front of 56,000 spectators.
She is aiming for another match played in Budapest, that of the entry into contention of the Magyars against Portugal (0-3) on June 15.
“Pursuant to Article 31 (4) of the UEFA Disciplinary Rules, a UEFA ethics and disciplinary investigator has been appointed to conduct a disciplinary investigation into potential discriminatory incidents that have occurred in the Puskas Arena in Budapest [...] during the group matches between the national teams of Hungary and Portugal on June 15 and between the national teams of Hungary and France on June 19 ”, writes the instance.
In the case of the Blues, several witnesses claim to have heard monkey cries coming from the corner of the Hungarian ultras.
According to L'Equipe, they were heard in the first half, especially when two black players from the France team, Paul Pogba and Ngolo Kanté, touched the ball.
Cadena Cope, a Spanish radio station, claims that these cries targeted Kylian Mbappé, while Karim Benzema was also targeted by racist attacks.
“That's what I read, but quite frankly I didn't know it and we didn't talk about it afterwards.
I'm not aware, ”replied the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, to AFP.
Homophobic insults against Cristiano Ronaldo?
For the meeting between Hungary and Portugal, the investigation could concern the homophobic insults against the star striker of the Lusitanian selection, Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the Spanish media Telecinco. Hungarian supporters also deployed a homophobic banner with the message: "Anti-LMBTQ", the Hungarian abbreviation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer.
Hungary is the only organizing country not to have set a gauge in this Euro for the organization marked by the Covid-19 epidemic. According to the Times, UEFA plans to play in the final in Budapest if 2,500 officials and VIPs cannot enter London, where the final is to be played on July 11. Contacted by Le Parisien, the body only evokes discussions with the British authorities aimed at setting up a sanitary corridor to let in supporters of the countries concerned by the knockout matches despite the fourteen imposed by the United Kingdom.