FIFA boss' unlikely move to free pitch invader

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The protester who ran onto the field during a World Cup lucifer carrying a rainbow emblem and wearing a bluish Superman T-shirt with messages successful enactment of Ukraine and Iranian women has been banned from attending immoderate much matches during the tourney successful Qatar, arsenic it emerged FIFA brag Gianni Infantino helped unafraid his merchandise from custody.

The World Cup organising committee said successful a connection that "the idiosyncratic progressive was released soon aft being removed from the pitch" and that his embassy had been informed.

"As a effect of his actions, and arsenic is modular practice, his (entry permit) has been cancelled and helium has been banned from attending aboriginal matches astatine this tournament," the connection said.

The protester identified himself connected societal media arsenic Mario Ferri, an Italian who has carried retired akin stunts astatine shot matches before.

Ferri ran onto the tract successful the 2nd fractional of Tuesday morning's lucifer betwixt Portugal and Uruguay carrying the rainbow flag. Security officials chased him down and Ferri dropped the emblem connected the tract earlier helium was escorted away.

"I'll telephone it, 'THE LAST DANCE,' my past tract invasion, I wanted to nonstop IMPORTANT messages, which I've felt experienced archetypal manus successful caller months," Ferri wrote successful an Instagram post.

Ferri wrote that helium has friends successful Ukraine who are suffering and that helium spent a period successful the state arsenic a unpaid aft Russia invaded the federation successful February.

In the days up of the opening games, the captains of 7 European teams were prohibited from wearing multi-coloured "One Love" armbands during World Cup matches successful enactment of of LGBTQ+ rights. Homosexuality is amerciable successful Qatar.

Some fans besides complained they weren't allowed to bring items with rainbow colours into stadiums.

Ferri said that prompted him to protest.

"FIFA banned the captains' rainbow armbands and the flags for quality rights successful the stands, they banned everyone, BUT NOT ME," Ferri wrote, adding "like a Robinhood 2.0, I brought the connection to the PEOPLE. We privation a escaped satellite that respects each races and ideas."

Ferri said that constabulary held him for astir an hr aft the incidental and treated him well. He said FIFA President Gianni Infantino helped unafraid his merchandise without immoderate penalties, but a prohibition from watching immoderate much World Cup matches.

"But adjacent for that there's a solution. I've prepared immoderate magic for tonight," Ferri said successful an Instagram recording, without giving details.

Ferri has interrupted respective matches before. He said Infantino recognised him from moving onto the tract astatine World Cup matches successful South Africa successful 2010 and Brazil successful 2014.

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