the land invader with the rainbow flag has been released

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The Italian who entered the lawn of the Portugal-Uruguay match at the 2022 World Cup on Monday, with a rainbow flag and a t-shirt in support of Iranian women and Ukraine, was quickly released.no further consequence“, announced the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.

«After a brief detention“whose location has not been specified, the man identified as Mario Ferri, born in 1987, “has already been released by the authorities without further consequences“Said the ministry in a press release, confirming information obtained from a local source by AFP.

It is the first time that a match has been marked by such intrusion since the start of the competition organized in Qatar, in the face of Western criticism concerning the treatment of people from the LGBT + community. In the small emirate, homosexuality is subject to criminal prosecution.

In the 52nd minute of the match, after running across the field for about 30 seconds in front of the players without reacting, the man was tackled to the ground by a steward and then calmly escorted by security off the pitch.

He wore a t-shirt slapped on the front with the Superman logo along with Ukraine support writing, “Save Ukraine» («Save Ukraine“), and on the back a message in favor of Iranian women (“Respect for Iranian Woman»).

The scene was shown only fleetingly on television.

«We know what is happening around this World Cup. Of course, we are with them, with Iran too, Iranian women. I hope nothing happens to this boy because we understand his message, and I think the world understands it too“, had commented the Portuguese Ruben Neves after the match.

If FIFA assured that flags or clothes in the colors of the rainbow would be accepted in the stadiums, in fact these were confiscated on several occasions by the security forces.

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