The Italian embassy in Qatar confirms this to news. – The citizen in question was released shortly after the events, without being charged. Other information will not be shared due to privacy concerns, writes Italy’s consul in Qatar, Enrico Massa, in an email to news. The track stormer is said to have been an Italian named Mario Ferri, also called “Il Falco”. MORE MESSAGES: In addition to the rainbow flag, the sprinter had a T-shirt with messages about Ukraine and Iran. Photo: MATTHEW CHILDS / Reuters – So many emotions right now. No legal consequences, I’m free, he writes in an Instagram story on Tuesday afternoon. Furthermore, in a separate post, he thanks the support he has received after the runway storming, and concludes thus: – Breaking the rules for a good cause is never criminal. Shortly into the second half between Portugal and Uruguay, the spectator stormed the pitch with a rainbow flag, as well as a T-shirt that read “save Ukraine” and “respect for Iranian women”. Ferri was quickly taken care of by security guards – but in order to be released, he claims to have received a little extra help. Claims he got help from the Fifa president According to the Spanish radio channel RAC1, Ferri should have been released at three o’clock on the night of Tuesday. In a recent interview with the same channel, he also makes startling claims. – Fifa president Gianni Infantino came personally to help me, he says to the channel. He describes that he had “a lot of problems with the police”, but that the Fifa president allegedly appeared and “resolved the situation”. news has been in contact with Fifa, which does not respond directly to questions about Infantino’s alleged involvement in the case, but they confirm that Ferri was released shortly after he was escorted off the field and that he is banned from the rest of the World Cup. DISPLAYED: Ferri was quickly taken care of after the storming of the track. Photo: Aijaz Rahi / AP Ferri claims that he tried to storm the pitch both during France-Denmark and Spain-Germany, but that he was prevented by the security at the stadium. On the other hand, he managed to get past the security guards during Portugal-Uruguay. – They were able to prevent the captains and players from doing it, but they were not able to prevent the message of this Robin Hood, says Ferri about the rainbow marking. By that he is probably referring to, among other things, the “OneLove” captain’s armbands, which several countries were originally going to use before Fifa put their foot down. The association threatened with a sporting penalty, if the rainbow armbands were used: Had to stop the match Ferri is a familiar name to many, having scored on several occasions in the past. Among other things, in the World Cup in 2014, when he stormed the pitch during a match between Belgium and the USA. As a result of the court storming on Monday, the WC match was stopped for a short period, before Ferri was escorted away by security guards. – We are all with them and his message on the T-shirt – for Iran too. We hope nothing happens to him, because we understand his message and I think the whole world understood it too, Portugal’s Ruben Neves told the Independent after yesterday’s match.
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