The Italian who invaded the pitch of the Estádio de Lusail, during the Portugal-Uruguay match of the World Cup, carrying a multicolored flag, in support of the LGBTQ+ community, has been released without any penalty, the transalpine government announced on Tuesday .
“After a brief detention” in an undisclosed location, the man, identified as 35-year-old Mario Ferri, “was released by the authorities without restrictions,” said a statement from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mario Ferri, known as Falcão, already has a history of pitch invasion, having walked onto the pitch at the 2014 World Cup match between Belgium and the United States in Brazil wearing a shirt that read: “Save the children.” of the favela”.
In the 61st minute of the Portugal-Uruguay match (2-0), in group H of the World Cup, Mario Ferri invaded the field of the Lusail stadium, waving a multicolored flag, with the colors of the rainbow, and wearing a ‘t-shirt’ with the inscription “Respect to the Iranian woman [respeito para as mulheres iranianas]” on the back and “Save Ukraine [salvem a Ucrânia]” in front.
Source: TSF
