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France-Kazakhstan: French supporters prevented from deploying a banner against the biennial World Cup

2021-11-14T11:39:23.739Z


LE SCAN SPORT - The main group of French supporters regretted Sunday having been prevented from deploying a banner during France-Kazakhstan to express its opposition to a World Cup every two years.


"

# No2YearWorldCup

", or "

no to a World Cup every two years

", was it written on this banner of the French Irresistibles (IF), finally unrolled near the stadium after the qualifying match for the World Cup - 2022 in Qatar won 8-0 by France.

"

Gianni Infantino (the president of Fifa, present in Paris for the match, Editor's note) did not want to see her at the Parc des Princes

", regretted the IFs on Twitter, caption of a photo of the banner.

"

There was nothing mean or insulting, we just wanted the voice of the supporters to be expressed,

" a spokesperson for the group, Fabien Bonnel, told AFP, regretting "

a panic completely meaningless

»From the security services of the Parc des Princes on Saturday evening.

They held up the banner during the match and the group of supporters picked it up after the match.

Our freedom of expression in a stadium has been called into question, when it could have happened without a stir.

If it bothers that much, we have to talk about it,

”continued Mr. Bonnel.

Fifa is organizing a virtual world summit on December 20 on the issue, but without a vote.

Source: lefigaro

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