The secretary of Fenafuth indicated that the country has been sanctioned by FIFA with 65,000 dollars, because of some 50 or 60 people
FIFA sanctioned Honduras for “discriminatory” conduct by some fans during the home game against the United States, from the Concacaf octagonal for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, an official source in Tegucigalpa reported this Saturday.
The secretary of the National Autonomous Football Federation of Honduras (Fenafuth), José Ernesto Mejía, indicated that the country has been sanctioned by FIFA with 65,000 dollars, because of some 50 or 60 people who pronounced discriminatory phrases against US players. In the Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, in San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras.
The match, corresponding to the third date of the octagonal, which Honduras lost 4-1 against the United States, was played on September 8.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the stadium was only attended by about 18,000 spectators, among whom there were a few who chanted discriminatory phrases, Mejía said.
“Unfortunately we were notified that the (Honduran) Federation was sanctioned with a very strong financial fine of 65,000 dollars,” said the manager,
He added that due to the financial limitations of Fenafuth, the sanction imposed by FIFA represents “a fortune.”
Mejía stressed that fans with bad behavior in the stadium “are doing serious damage to Honduran football,” for which he appealed to them to rectify because the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium could be suspended for other games in the tie.
FIFA also determined that for the game against Panama, on November 12, of the seventh date, the access of fans will not be allowed in the popular lines north and south of the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium.
The body that governs world football has also opened a disciplinary file against Honduras for similar incidents registered in the same sports facility during the matches against Costa Rica (0-0), and Jamaica, which won 2-0, on 7 and October 13, respectively.
For the game against Panama, Honduras will have as coach the Colombian Hernán Darío “Bolillo” Gómez, who was hired on Friday by Fenafuth, replacing the Uruguayan Fabián Coito, due to poor results in the tie.
With intercourse, Honduras fell to the last place on the octagonal, in which Mexico, Canada and El Salvador also compete.
Of 18 possible points in six games, Honduras could only add three, a balance of three draws and the same number of defeats.
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