The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) opened this Friday a disciplinary file against the Argentine Football Association (AFA) due to alleged impropriety on the final of Qatar World Cup won by team led by lionel scaloni in view of France on December 18, in Lusail. “The Disciplinary Commission of FIFA has initiated a procedure against the Argentine Football Association due to the possible breach of articles 11 (offensive conduct and violations of the principles of fair play) and 12 (improper conduct of players and officials) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code”, he explained. the global institution on its website, the French news agency AFP reported.
The entity, which is based in Zurich, Switzerland, also mentioned article 44 of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Regulations and the Marketing and Media Regulations of the same event, allegedly broken in the same match.
The text does not need attitudes that motivated the opening of the file. The French Football Federation (FFF) She complained after the final for the treatment of his team and, specifically, the scorer kylian mbappe. But no one forgets that the goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martinez made a rude gesture with the prize for the best goalkeeper of the competition as soon as he received it on the podium. And before, when Lionel Messi scored the third Argentinian goal, Cristian “Cuti” Romero he celebrated effusively looking at the French forward, who shortly after would tie the match and take it to the definition on penalties. A couple of days later, Dibu Martínez took a Mbappé doll as if he were a baby on the walk of the world champions with the cup in Buenos Aires.
In addition, FIFA announced the opening of a disciplinary file against the Croatian federation for “potential violations of articles 13 [discriminación] and 16 [orden y seguridad en los partidos] of the Disciplinary Code”, in principle violated during the match for third place in the World Cup, won 2-1 against Morocco.
The FIFA statement also does not detail the behaviors it questions, but it is assumed that the institution refers to the fact that during the celebrations Croatian players, as seen in videos on social networks, they sang nationalist chants with fascist overtones. One of the footballers that appear in the images, the defender Dejan Lovren –a new member of Olympique Lyonnais, Nicolás Tagliafico’s club–, rejected the accusations in statements to AFP, pointing out that it was “a patriotic song” that simply speaks of “loving the country”.
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