UEFA may initiate proceedings against the MLSZ for homophobic manifestations

According to an official report received by the European Football Association (UEFA), Hungarian fans made homophobic statements at Tuesday’s Hungary-Portugal European Championship meeting. One Hungarian-Portuguese organisation discovered anti-LGBTQ banners in the auditorium.

An international monitoring organisation called Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) has made an official announcement to the UEFA Disciplinary Committee because during the Hungarian-Portuguese match, some fans held anti-LGBTQ banners high in the auditorium, writes The Athletic.

In the Puskás Arena, several molinos scolded the LGBTQ community in some form.

According to The Athletic, FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe) sends an inspector to each match, who must write a report on whether any acts of discrimination have taken place in the meetings or the auditorium. The condemnatory report was received by the UEFA Disciplinary Committee as early as Tuesday evening.

A few hours before the match, Parliament passed an anti-paedophile bill banning the broadcasting of any homosexual or transgender content to children. On the day before the vote and Monday, there were plenty of protests in Kossuth Square against the bill. Read everything you need to know about it here!

A “counter-side” appeared in the Puskás Arena on Tuesday, sending various inscriptions to protesters against the law, which also contains anti-gay content.

Piara Powar, the director of FARE, also criticises the Hungarian Football Association in the article for announcing before the match against the Irish that the national team will not kneel to protest against racism. He put it this way: