Patrice Evra will receive a fine for homophobic behavior

Racism and discrimination are one of the problems in soccer that the FIFA He has not been able to erase from the fans. Insults towards players because of their ethnicity or sexual orientation have been going on for decades, to the point of physically assaulting players or vice versa. And this time it was French patrice evra who was in discussion

It is a subject of great importance for the sport of which little is done despite maintaining the messages of ‘No racism’ in the stadiums. One of the cases that have had an impact lately is that of the player Vinicius Jr.. After finding a doll with the Brazilian’s shirt hanging on the bridge of Madrid.

For these kinds of situations, footballers must be aware of how they express themselves, which was not the case of Evra who will receive a fine and in The Truth News we tell you what it is about.

The fine to Patrice Evra for homophobic insults

It was in the year 2019 when the former captain of the France national team He launched a series of homophobic insults in criticism of PSG. Then they went unnoticed and it is now when the former footballer must take responsibility for his words with a sanction.

“Paris, they are all one sea…, they are all one sea… Here it is the men who speak.”

Said the former player after a PSG defeat against Manchester United, team in which Evra arrived. The court, in response to the insults, will fine the Frenchman after the Mousse Associations and stop homophobia They filed charges for “public insults against a group of people because of their sexual orientation.”

Because Patrice Evra is a public figure, the associations’ lawyer’s response is that “the homophobic words of a personality like Patrice Evra fuel hatred and violence against LGBT people. Especially in countries where homosexuality is criminally punished, as in Sengal, her country of origin”

Therefore, the former Manchester must pay a fine of 1,000 euros, pay 1,500 euros for damages to the two associations and an extra 1,000 euros to each of the parties.

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Why doesn’t Luis Suárez greet Evra?

Patrice Evra and Suarez — Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez

It was in 2012, when Manchester United will face Liverpool in a fierce duel. Luis Suarez would return from an 8-game ban after racist insults to the player Patrice Evra.

During the greetings prior to playing the game, Evra stretched out his hand to greet Suárez, who rejected it to pass by and greet the other players on the team. The 41-year-old now ex-French captain tried one more time, being rebuffed again by the Uruguayan, in the end, his United teammate, Ferdinand River, He noticed what had happened and proceeded not to reach out to Luis Suárez.