Madrid: World football´s governing body FIFA told AFP on Tuesday that it had opened disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish football federation over anti-Muslim chants heard at a recent match between Spain and Egypt.
A section of fans at the RCDE stadium in Barcelona had chanted “Whoever doesn´t jump is a Muslim”, during the international friendly on March 31. “FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings today against the Spanish FA for the incidents in the friendly against Egypt,” the governing body told AFP. It was the latest in a string of similar incidents to overshadow Spanish football in recent years, with Real Madrid´s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior in particular repeatedly racially abused.
