Moroccan players posed with a Palestinian flag on the pitch after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup at the expense of Spain on Tuesday in Doha, AFP journalists noted.
At the end of the match, the players gathered for a collective photo with the Palestinian flag which was also waved by the defender of Valladolid, Jawad el Yamiq.
The Palestinian colors are very present in the stands of this World Cup in Qatar, the first disputed in the Arab world.
During the France-Tunisia match, a supporter burst onto the lawn during the match, with this flag.
FIFA is hostile to the expression of gestures of a political nature during the matches it organizes.
Eight European federations had given up at the start of the tournament to let their captain wear a rainbow armband "One Love", intended to defend the rights of LGBT + people.
According to some of them, Fifa had brandished the threat of sporting sanctions.
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