Mexico anti-gay chant: ‘El Tri’ threatens fans who insist on discriminatory shouting

The Mexican national soccer team will implement a new fan detection system, which will be tested for the games against Costa Rica and Panama, with the aim of identifying fans who insist on the Mexico anti-gay chant and punishing them with a five-year ban from attending games organized by the Mexican Soccer Federation.

"It is a measure that is not designed against resale, but it will have a drastic effect because people who buy a ticket outside and do not identify themselves cannot enter. All people have to identify themselves," commented Yon de Luisa, president of the Mexican Soccer Federation.

Fans will have to identify themselves in order to enter the stadium

Fans wishing to attend Mexican national team matches, should the new system pass the tests, will have to register on a web page and present their identification upon entering the stadium, in order to guarantee their good behavior during their stay in the stands. This measure is expected to be replicated later in Liga MX.

"Persons removed from the stadium will not be allowed to attend Mexican national team matches operated by the FMF for a period of five years," it was reported.

If it is approved, this system will be fully operational for the game against the United States, which will be played at the Azteca and will be part of the qualifiers for Qatar 2022.

"The idea is to make it work definitively, in the game against the United States. In this transition, the idea is to partially open the stadium, in order to make it definitive against the United States and thus eliminate the risk of suffering new sanctions. If this works, we are convinced that people want to go to the stadiums to enjoy themselves and we are sure that it will be echoed in clubs".

CAS suspends punishment against Mexico; will play in front of two thousand people against Costa Rica and Panama

The Mexican Soccer Federation got the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to suspend the two-match ban imposed by FIFA until the trial resulting from the homophobic shout is resolved.

"The sanctions imposed by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will not take effect until a final decision from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. For the following two matches, we will not open the stadium to the general public; we will use these two matches, with a control group, to test the new access policies for Mexico's matches," commented Yon de Luisa, president of the FMF.

What is being claimed to the CAS is that FIFA sanctioned without following its own protocol, since the Tricolor's games were never suspended due to the discriminatory expression.