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A pitch invader carrying a rainbow flag stopped Portugal\u2019s clash with Uruguay<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The protester who invaded the pitch during Portugal\u2019s World Cup win over Uruguay while carrying a pride flag has been released without being charged.<\/p>\n Mario Ferri briefly stopped the game at Lusail Stadium on Monday by running on the pitch wearing a T-shirt carrying the messages: \u201cSave Ukraine\u201d and \u201cRespect for Iranian women.\u201d<\/p>\n He was led away by security staff, but after what is being described as a \u201cbrief detention,\u201d the Italian activist was released without charge.<\/p>\n Writing on Instagram on Tuesday, Ferri said he wanted to send \u201csome important messages.\u201d<\/p>\n He posted: \u201cA message for Iran\u2026where women are not respected. The world must change, we can do it together with strong gestures that come from the heart with courage.<\/p>\n \u201cFIFA banned rainbow captain bands and human rights flags in the stands, they blocked everyone but not me.<\/p>\n \u201cSave Ukraine. I spent a month at the war in Kiev as a volunteer and saw how much people are suffering. Thank you for all the messages of love that I receive from the world. Breaking the rules if done for a good cause is never a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing the pitch invasion that took place during last night\u2019s Portugal vs Uruguay match, we can confirm that the individual involved was released shortly after being removed from the pitch,\u201d a Supreme Committee spokesperson told ESPN.<\/p>\n \u201cHis embassy has been informed. As a consequence of his actions, and as is standard practice, his Hayya Card has been cancelled and he has been banned from attending future matches at this tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A pitch invader carrying a rainbow flag stopped Portugal\u2019s clash with Uruguay \u00a0 The protester who invaded the pitch during Portugal\u2019s World Cup win over Uruguay while carrying a pride flag has been released without being charged. Mario Ferri briefly stopped the game at Lusail Stadium on Monday by running on the pitch wearing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1787,281,6993,19192,6994],"class_list":["post-1259979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-charges","tag-game","tag-portugal","tag-protester","tag-uruguay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}