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In Budapest, Hungary received Portugal at the 2021 European Championship, then France. Photo: AFP/FRANCK FIFE
UEFA has launched an investigation into Hungary’s two European Championship games against Portugal and France because of “possible discriminatory incidents”. This was announced by the European Football Union.
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From red / dpa / sid
June 20, 2021 – 4:24 pm
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Nyon – The European Football Union (UEFA) will investigate reports of discrimination at the European Championship venue Budapest. The association said on Sunday that an investigator had been used to conduct an investigation into “potentially discriminatory incidents”.
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French players were insulted and racist in some cases by some fans on Saturday. When the black striker Kylian Mbappé was on the ball, monkey noises could be heard from the stands. This was reported by a dpa reporter from the stadium. Attacker Karim Benzema, who has Algerian roots, was also occasionally verbally abused.
Also hostile to Cristiano Ronaldo
After the first group game in Budapest, the Portuguese media reported that superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was hostile to some spectators in the Puskas Arena. More than 55,000 visitors, mostly Hungarian fans, attended the two games in the stadium.
In the previous two games of the Hungarians in Budapest (0: 3 against Portugal and 1: 1 against France) the notorious “Carpathian Brigade” appeared in the stadium. The black-clad mob is believed by experts to be a paramilitary group made up of neo-Nazis. According to eyewitness reports, the members of the brigade are said to have attracted attention through homophobic and racist remarks, and the Hitler salute was also shown.
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