The president of the Colombian Football Federation assured that “soccer is football” and they did not have to mix it with complaints, demonstrations or protests, giving a ‘support’ to Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA.
Colombian News.
The name of Ramón Jesurún is perhaps synonymous with controversy, as the same top leader of the Colombian Football Federation has frequently assured.
Now in the development of the World Cup in Qatar it was no exception.
Jesurún from Doha, in an interview with Blu Radio, was once again poignant, this time due to the constant criticism of the refusals from FIFA to demonstrations, protests or support for the LGTBIQ+ community.
- “I have become very controversial for everything I say, but I very much agree with the subject of President Infantino’s press conference before the World Cup. I believe that the issue of human rights is in the whole world, not only in Qatar. That here it has deepened, with suddenly a little stronger issues, yes, but tell me which country in the world respects human rights ”.
Politics, activism and soccer
He was emphatic in ensuring that football should not be mixed with political issues, activism, other demonstrations and he defended Qatar.
- “Here they told me that in the last 14 months there have been zero femicides.”
- “They have their arguments, their statistics. These are very controversial issues, very difficult. I don’t think why we have to mix football with other different topics, I don’t see it.
- «Football is football, we came to a world cup that is every 4 years, why do they have to involve other things? Football is football, let’s respect the football party, football doesn’t mess with anyone. On the contrary, it unites the whole world. Why are we going to bias certain issues?
As for the support for the LGTBIQ+ community, he said that it respected and seemed legitimate, but they should not get involved or try “to use football for other types of expressions. Soccer is so beautiful, so universal, that it interests everyone.
“I don’t think why we have to mix soccer with different things, why do they have to involve other things?… let’s respect the soccer festival, soccer doesn’t mess with anyone”: Ramón Jesurún on protests for human rights by national teams in the world #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/pEitQHWiXk
– BluRadio Colombia (@BluRadioCo) November 25, 2022
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