The Qatar Football Association has denied the player at the centre of yesterday’s abandoned game against the All Whites used a racial slur.<\/p>\n
The Qatar FA says Yusuf Abdurisag did not use discriminatory language against New Zealand defender Michael Boxall during a friendly in Austria.<\/p>\n
Qatar’s governing body said that Abdurisag had an exchange of words “in the heat of the moment” where he was the victim of racial slurs.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Football said yesterday that Boxall, of Samoan heritage, had received a “significant racist slur” from an opponent during the match.<\/p>\n
“In any case, the QFA takes the allegations incredibly seriously and stands against racism in all its forms,” QFA added in a statement.<\/p>\n
“The experience of racism should never be trivialised and remains a serious problem within the game.<\/p>\n
“The QFA encourages the international football community to do more to tackle racism and discrimination on and off the pitch.”<\/p>\n
New Zealand Football said it will contact FIFA about protecting players from racism following the incident at the match.<\/p>\n
It was one of two games to be abandoned on the day following allegations of racism.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s FA said its under-21 team had abandoned their match against Kuwait’s Olympic side after a Kuwait player used racist language towards an Irish substitute.<\/p>\n
Racism has dominated football headlines in recent months.<\/p>\n
FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced an anti-racism committee led by Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, who has been victim of racist abuse in Spain’s LaLiga.<\/p>\n
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