Saturday, June 26th 2021
UEFA is investigating Hungary
Rainbow speedster threatens stadium ban
An 18-year-old man storms onto the field before the game between Germany and Hungary and shows a rainbow flag. He is now being investigated for trespassing. He is also threatened with a nationwide stadium ban. UEFA is also investigating. Against Hungary.
A man who walked onto the field with a rainbow flag before the German team’s game against Hungary is facing a nationwide stadium ban, reports the ARD Sportschau.
In the mood heated up by the UEFA ban on rainbow lighting before the game between Germany and Hungary, the man ran onto the field while playing the Hungarian national anthem. He stood in front of the teams and raised the rainbow flag in the air. He was knocked over by two stewards and then led off the field. The man, according to the Munich police, an 18-year-old from North Rhine-Westphalia, is now threatened with fines from two sides for his protest, which attracted worldwide attention and against Hungary’s new law restricting the information rights of young people with regard to homosexuality and transsexuality .
“A report of trespassing was made against the person,” said the Munich police. The German Football Association (DFB) now has to decide whether to ban the 18-year-old from a nationwide stadium ban. As the Sportschau reports, the case is “currently being examined”. According to the stadium ban regulations of the DFB, the duration of the stadium ban in a “serious case”, which could be present here, can be up to 24 months. But the full severity of the regulation should not affect the man who, according to RTL information, comes from Frechen near Cologne, after the clear positioning of the DFB in the run-up to the game.
Investigations against Hungary too
On Friday, the DFB hoisted three rainbow flags at its headquarters in Frankfurt / Main. This was done as a sign of support for “Pride Month”. On June 28, 52 years ago, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people resisted a violent raid on a bar on Christopher Street in New York City. Since then, on this date, diversity has been advertised around the world and demonstrated against homophobia and trans-hostility.
The European Football Union UEFA is also dealing with the game in the Allianz Arena. She is investigating the suspicion of “discriminatory incidents” at the last European Championship group game against Hungary by the German national team. This was announced by UEFA on Friday. It is being investigated because of the possible misconduct by Hungarian fans during the game last Wednesday. Almost two hours before the start of the game, Hungarian fans chanted “homophobic chants”, according to the police, and they tried to “move to another block together”.
According to the announcement, the security forces were able to quickly stop individual clashes between supporters of both teams. Because of the heated atmosphere shortly before the final whistle, police officers posted themselves in front of the Hungarian fan block. They wanted to prevent “a possible storm”, it said. Because of the heavy police presence, it remained calm, the fans later left peacefully. However, the police recorded several arrests for various offenses on the fringes of the game.
Due to possible “discriminatory incidents”, UEFA had already started investigations last Sunday into Hungary’s first European Championship games against Portugal on June 15 (3-0) and against France on June 19 (1: 1). French players had been insulted and racist in some cases by some fans. When the black striker Kylian Mbappé was on the ball, monkey noises should be heard from the stands. Attacker Karim Benzema, who has Algerian roots, was also occasionally verbally abused. After the first group match in Budapest, the Portuguese media reported that superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was hostile to some spectators in the Puskas Arena.
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