A protester briefly stopped a match between Portugal and Uruguay when he invaded the field on Monday bringing attention to global issues.
A pitch invader runs is caught while running across the field with a rainbow flag during the World Cup Group H soccer match between Portugal and Uruguay, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.
Security officials chased him down, and the flag was dropped on the field before he was escorted away. The protester was ushered away through a tunnel. Ferri has a history of interrupting matches to bring attention to world issues. He also ran onto the field in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and wore a shirt that read"Save Favelas Children," according to Rolling Stone. Ferri also drove from Italy to Poland to help refugees who escaped Russia’s invasion.The Qatari government has strict rules against gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ people, which came under fire in the lead up to the World Cup.
A pitch invader runs across the field with a rainbow flag during the World Cup Group H soccer match between Portugal and Uruguay, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. A pitch invader runs across the field with a rainbow flag during the World Cup Group H soccer match between Portugal and Uruguay, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.
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