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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Pitch invader with rainbow flag disrupts Hungary anthem before Euro 2020 match vs Germany
A person waving the rainbow flag ran across Hungary’s players during their national anthem (AFP via Getty)
A pitch invader holding a rainbow flag disrupted Hungary’s national anthem before their Euro 2020 match with Germany on Wednesday evening.
The spectator ran in front of the Hungary players while their anthem was played before being tackled to the ground and led away by security.
Fans who attended the match at the Allianz Arena had brought rainbow flags with them in response to UEFA’s decision to decline Munich city council’s request to illuminate the stadium in rainbow colours in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.
UEFA refused to grant the request due to the ‘political context’ involving Hungary.
Earlier this week, the mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, said he wanted the Allianz Arena to be lit up in rainbow colours in response to the Hungarian government’s decision to ban gay people from featuring in school educational materials or TV shows for under-18s.
A statement from UEFA read: ‘UEFA, through its statutes, is a politically and religiously neutral organisation. Given the political context of this specific request – a message aiming at a decision taken by the Hungarian national parliament – UEFA must decline this request.’
Caption: MUNICH, GERMANY – JUNE 23: A pitch invader with a rainbow flag is seen on the pitch as the players line up prior to the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group F match between Germany and Hungary at Football Arena Munich on June 23, 2021 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Markus Gilliar/Getty Images) Photographer: Markus Gilliar Provider: Getty Images Source: Getty Images Europe
Caption: A protestor holding a Rainbow Flag stands on the pitch in front of the Hungarian team during Hungary\’s national anthem before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Germany and Hungary at the football arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Matthias Hangst/Pool Photo via AP) Photographer: Matthias Hangst Provider: AP Source: Pool Getty (Credits: AP)
Caption: Soccer Football – Euro 2020 – Group F – Germany v Hungary – Football Arena Munich, Munich, Germany – June 23, 2021 A protestor holds a rainbow flag on the pitch before the match Pool via REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Photographer: KAI PFAFFENBACH Provider: Pool via REUTERS Source: X00446 (Credits: Pool via REUTERS)
Reiter branded UEFA’s decision not to grant the request as ‘shameful’,
‘I find it shameful that UEFA forbids us to send a message here in Munich for openness, tolerance, respect and solidarity with the LGBTQI + community,’ he said.
‘I am also very disappointed that the DFB (the German football federation), despite the unbelievably clear positioning here in Munich, in Bavaria and also in Germany, has not achieved or wanted to achieve anything.
Caption: epa09296693 Stewards remove a pitch invader with a rainbow colours flag before the UEFA EURO 2020 group F preliminary round soccer match between Germany and Hungary in Munich, Germany, 23 June 2021. EPA/Kai Pfaffenbach / POOL (RESTRICTIONS: For editorial news reporting purposes only. Images must appear as still images and must not emulate match action video footage. Photographs published in online publications shall have an interval of at least 20 seconds between the posting.) Photographer: Kai Pfaffenbach / POOL Provider: EPA Source: REUTERS POOL (Credits: EPA)
Caption: MUNICH, GERMANY – JUNE 23: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) . Streaker with Pride flag in the field is held by the steward on the ground prior to the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group F match between Germany and Hungary at Football Arena Munich on June 23, 2021 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) Photographer: TF-Images Provider: DeFodi Images via Getty Images Source: DeFodi Images
Caption: A protestor is taken from the pitch by security after he ran onto the field holding a Rainbow Flag and stood in front of the Hungarian team during Hungary\’s national anthem before the Euro 2020 soccer championship group F match between Germany and Hungary at the football arena stadium in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (Matthias Hangst/Pool Photo via AP) Photographer: Matthias Hangst Provider: AP Source: Pool Getty (Credits: AP)
‘The alternative suggestion of illuminating the Allianz Arena on another day contradicts any message that is supposed to emanate from rainbow lighting.
‘Tomorrow, as the city of Munich, we will still send a clear sign of our solidarity and our respect for sexual equality to Hungary and the world.
‘We will not only fly rainbow flags at Munich town hall – I assume that the city council will decide this tomorrow with a large majority – but also make the wind turbine adjacent to the arena shine brightly and also the Munich Olympic Tower.’
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