Ireland Under-21 match against Kuwait called off as was senior international between New Zealand and Qatar
The New Zealand match was played under Fifa jurisdiction, meaning the referee’s report will be sent to the global governing body as a matter of course. Fifa would be expected to take a tough stance if one or both of the allegations are found proven.
“The referees have this opportunity in Fifa competitions as we have this process for stopping the game, and actions have to be taken at every level, at national level as well.” “The FAI does not tolerate any racism towards any of our players or staff and will be reporting this serious matter to Fifa and Uefa.”
NZF’s chief executive, Andrew Pragnell, said: “Certainly we want to reach out to Fifa on this. You know they have recently established a task force around racism; more needs to be done to protect players from racial attacks on the field. There’s been some evolution; we don’t think it’s moving fast enough so we want to contribute to that.”
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