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All Whites v Qatar | Tues 20th June | 4:00am

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Posted June 21, 2023 20:16 · last edited June 21, 2023 20:33

newzealandpower

austin111

In the European press this incident has been largely reported in a factual way with very little analysis. Basically ‘NZ players refused to play second half against Qatar because of an alleged racial slur’. There has been constant racism going on in European football for ages with some particularly ugly scenes in Italy and most recently in Spain targeting Vinicius Junior of Madrid. But despite widespread condemnation very little gets done. I say good on you kiwis, if every team responded in the same way then the authorities would be forced to act. Don’t expect FIFA to do anything other than say they condemn racism but as the match officials heard nothing the matter is closed. Qatar is a huge cash cow for FIFA so they are not going to upset the relationship.

The problem is, it can't be up to a team to decide. That's why you have match officials, VAR and failing that a match review panel.
Fifa should totally do a lot more. I can only think of a handful of situations where the referee stopped the game because of repeated racism issues. And yet we see and hear racism remarks, chants and gestures all the time.

There need to be clear and strict rules which are enforced by the refereeing team. Otherwise it's be impossible to manage.

Of course its up to the team to decide if they want to play against people who have racially abused them, Infantino said as much last week - “There is no football if there is racism! So let’s stop the games.”

If the refs can't or won't protect the players, the players have every right to protect themselves by walking off. Its a game of football, not forced labour.

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newzealandpower

austin111

In the European press this incident has been largely reported in a factual way with very little analysis. Basically ‘NZ players refused to play second half against Qatar because of an alleged racial slur’. There has been constant racism going on in European football for ages with some particularly ugly scenes in Italy and most recently in Spain targeting Vinicius Junior of Madrid. But despite widespread condemnation very little gets done. I say good on you kiwis, if every team responded in the same way then the authorities would be forced to act. Don’t expect FIFA to do anything other than say they condemn racism but as the match officials heard nothing the matter is closed. Qatar is a huge cash cow for FIFA so they are not going to upset the relationship.

The problem is, it can't be up to a team to decide. That's why you have match officials, VAR and failing that a match review panel.
Fifa should totally do a lot more. I can only think of a handful of situations where the referee stopped the game because of repeated racism issues. And yet we see and hear racism remarks, chants and gestures all the time.

There need to be clear and strict rules which are enforced by the refereeing team. Otherwise it's be impossible to manage.

Of course its up to the team to decide if they want to play against people who have racially abused them, Infantino said as much last week - “There is no football if there is racism! So let’s stop the games.”

If the refs can't or won't protect the players, the players have every right to protect themselves by walking off.

Unknown editor edited June 21, 2023 20:16

newzealandpower

austin111

In the European press this incident has been largely reported in a factual way with very little analysis. Basically ‘NZ players refused to play second half against Qatar because of an alleged racial slur’. There has been constant racism going on in European football for ages with some particularly ugly scenes in Italy and most recently in Spain targeting Vinicius Junior of Madrid. But despite widespread condemnation very little gets done. I say good on you kiwis, if every team responded in the same way then the authorities would be forced to act. Don’t expect FIFA to do anything other than say they condemn racism but as the match officials heard nothing the matter is closed. Qatar is a huge cash cow for FIFA so they are not going to upset the relationship.

The problem is, it can't be up to a team to decide. That's why you have match officials, VAR and failing that a match review panel.
Fifa should totally do a lot more. I can only think of a handful of situations where the referee stopped the game because of repeated racism issues. And yet we see and hear racism remarks, chants and gestures all the time.

There need to be clear and strict rules which are enforced by the refereeing team. Otherwise it's be impossible to manage.

Of course its up to the team to decide if they want to play against people who have racially abused them, Infantino said as much last week - “There is no football if there is racism! So let’s stop the games.”