{"id":7416,"date":"2026-04-07T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/breaking-official-fifa-decision-against-spain-following-the-events-of-the-egypt-match-goal-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:23:13","slug":"breaking-official-fifa-decision-against-spain-following-the-events-of-the-egypt-match-goal-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/breaking-official-fifa-decision-against-spain-following-the-events-of-the-egypt-match-goal-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking&#8230; Official FIFA decision against Spain following the events of the Egypt match &#8211; Goal.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The masses have done Islam a disservice<br \/>FIFA issued an official ruling on Tuesday against Spain following the incidents that took place during La Roja\u2019s match against Egypt during the last international break.<br \/>The match ended in a goalless draw, but fans at the stadium booed during the playing of the Egyptian national anthem and then chanted insults against Islam.<br \/>The Spanish government, the Spanish Football Federation, and many prominent Spanish figures \u2013 most notably La Roja manager Luis de La Fuente and team star Lamine Yamal \u2013 condemned what happened at the stadium.<br \/>The Catalan police have launched an investigation into these events, which have sparked angry reactions in Egypt, Spain and elsewhere.<br \/>FIFA has responded to these events by issuing an official statement today, saying: \u201cFIFA has today initiated disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish Football Federation in relation to the events that took place during the friendly match against Egypt.\u201d<br \/>During the match against Egypt, racist chants from the stands (\u201cMuslims don\u2019t jump\u201d) were heard and went viral worldwide; these will be investigated by FIFA.<br \/>The referee recorded the incidents in the match report, leading to the matter being referred to FIFA\u2019s Disciplinary Committee.<br \/>\u00a0According to the newspaper \u2018AS\u2019, the sanctions facing the Spanish Football Federation range from a fine to an obligation to display anti-racism messages at subsequent matches. It is not expected that the stadium will be closed to the public for upcoming matches.<br \/>FIFA is taking a very firm stance in the fight against racism. Recently, the organisation led by Gianni Infantino has relentlessly pursued all cases relating to this issue and has, for example, supported Real Madrid\u2019s Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior in his fight against those who directed racist abuse at him on the pitch, as happened in the Champions League match in Lisbon against Benfica, where the Brazilian player accused Prestiani of insulting him and calling him a \u201cmonkey\u201d.<br \/><strong>(Read also)&#8230; The official line-up&#8230; Four Atl\u00e9tico Madrid players to miss the clash with Barcelona<\/strong><br \/>Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxPV3hHaHFKQzdKQnoxQm5wR1FOTkhLMnA0QXU3VHZFRjlWenBJNWdWOGZ3SXdTYUVEZFBEVmw1em8zYlJiOTdUYTdvQTZyb0dtWUotY1cyOVJoQnNsMWFkNUFvRE5TcWRGbkN0V1pubWptaGpZVlhLaVhKUkFxLTJPWGp0Y3N1cTBZcXdzUDZ2cDVXa1BTMTM4SkdQS2tCcFU0OTZWUlE0eFFhRlpnT2swUU53SXQ5cmZ4clRGdGxUZnRLTnJ2Mmd2TUl0eXA4aTYyVGhJ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The masses have done Islam a disserviceFIFA issued an official ruling on Tuesday against Spain following the incidents that took place during La Roja\u2019s match against Egypt during the last international break.The match ended in a goalless draw, but fans at the stadium booed during the playing of the Egyptian national anthem and then chanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}