– If this does not lead to a sporting reaction, then it shows again how out of control Fifa is, says Berit Lindeman to news. She is secretary general of the Helsinki Committee, and she knows sport well from her role as a member of the Norwegian Football Association’s ethics committee. – This is a political marking that is perceived as support for a banned team, she concludes. news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp votes in: REACTS: Carl-Erik Torp Photo: news – I think it is completely unmusical. He shows a complete lack of tact and tone and understanding of the strained situation that Europe is in, he says. – This stands out as a provocation for an extremely large number of people, says Torp. – Fifa must clean up The act that causes the duo to squirm is the shoe selection of Cameroonian player Gaël Ondoua in the World Cup match against Switzerland on Thursday. The picture shows that the 27-year-old had a Russian flag on his shoes, even though Russia is banned from international football due to the war in Ukraine. Ondoua has a Russian passport, has partly grown up in Russia, and has played in several Russian clubs. – It is not certain that he means it as a provocation. He has had many important years in Russia, he probably knows a bit of Russian, but right now it will be a provocation, says Torp. Lindeman is in agreement. REACTING: Berit Lindeman Photo: PRIVATE – This is a deliberate act to make a mark, and a finger in the eye of the decision to exclude Russia. Both highlight the controversial decision by Fifa to ban rainbow captain’s armbands, and that Ondoua’s Russian shoe decoration looks extra bad in light of that. – Expressions for football and Fifa’s own values, such as equality, equality and One Love, which obviously should be covered by the players’ freedom of expression, are prohibited. While political expressions are seen through the fingers with. Fifa must clean up, sums up Lindeman. – From a purely moral point of view, I feel that Fifa has to step in, adds Torp. THE DETAIL: Gaël Ondoua played with Russian and Cameroonian flags on his shoes during the World Cup match. Photo: Petr Josek / AP Photo/NTB Scanpix – Never stop doing it Ondoua is a popular man in Russia, and the shoe stunt has struck a chord in the Cameroonian’s second homeland. – Never forget where you come from, wrote Russian Match TV on Twitter, with a picture of the shoe. On Friday, the Russian sports newspaper Sports.ru published an open letter from the 27-year-old, in which he talks about his love for Russia, and on Saturday he allowed himself to be interviewed by Sport-ekspress about the controversial shoes. MEET THE PRESS: Gaël Ondoua met the press in Doha on Friday. Photo: ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP – I always play in football boots with flags, and I will never stop doing so. Russia is my home, so is Cameroon. Why should I give up my house? – Has no one said that it could be problematic? – What is the problem? If someone comes up to me and asks a question, I will answer them. We are free in our actions. Even though there are complaints about my boots, I will still try to use them, says the Hannover player. news has not yet been contacted by Fifa in connection with this case.
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Strong reactions to Gaël Ondoua playing with a Russian flag on his shoe in a World Cup match – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcast schedule
