‘Discriminatory behavior’ costs Hungary a ‘UEFA’ penalty

The European Football Association (UEFA) announced on Friday the sanction of the Hungarian Federation by forcing its national team to play three matches without an audience, one of which was suspended, with a fine of 100,000 euros, because of the “behavior discriminatory against its supporters “. »During his three European Cup matches which ends on Sunday.

And “UEFA” said in a statement that the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has imposed on the Hungarian Federation “to play behind closed doors its next three scheduled home matches in UEFA competitions, on condition that the third is suspended for a probationary period of two years from the date of the decision.

And “Wifa” clarified that the sanction does not apply to the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, because it falls under the competence of the International “FIFA” Federation and not of the Continental Federation.

The Hungarian fans, who hosted two of their three matches of the group stage of the European Cup in Budapest in front of completely filled stands, chanted racist songs against the black players of the world champion France (1-1 ) in the second round.

The Hungarian public held up anti-gay banners in the other two matches against defending champions Portugal (0-3) in the first round, and Germany (2-2) in the final third round, which s’ takes place at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

German newspaper “Bild” reported that Hungarian supporters chanted anti-gay slogans at German supporters before the start of the match between the two countries.

An AFP reporter on the pitch saw the two national team supporters, including a German in a rainbow uniform (designed to support homosexuals), having a heated debate between them which triggered the police intervention.

This follows UEFA’s refusal to allow authorities in the German city of Munich to light up the “Allianz Arena” stadium in rainbow colors in solidarity with the gay community in Hungary, which l ‘exposed as well as the Hungarian authorities to criticism.

In response, supporters dressed in uniforms in those colors came to the stadium and a German supporter stormed the pitch with a rainbow flag as the Hungarian national anthem was played.