French sports minister calls for Mohamed Camara to be sanctioned after Monaco midfielder taped up anti-homophobia badge | OneFootball

The final gameweek of the Ligue 1 season also coincided with the LFP’s anti-homophobia campaign. It was a campaign that last season caused controversy with players such as Zakaria Aboukhlal and Mostafa Mohamed refusing to take part. In reaction, the LFP toned down the campaign this year. Gone were the rainbow shirts, with players’ names and numbers printed in the colour of the rainbow and in came a badge, featured on the front of the jerseys of all players, of all teams, that “Homophobia football” with a cross through the word homophobia.

However, the campaign was still marked by a controversial moment. Mohamed was absent from FC Nantes’ matchday squad, as he was last year, raising questions. AS Monaco’s Mohamed Camara did feature on Sunday night, however, not only did he abstain from taking a photo behind the anti-homophobia banner pre-match, as all other players did, but he also taped up the anti-homophobia badge on his jersey, as well as the rainbow logo over the Ligue 1 badge on the sleeve.

Monaco manager Adi Hütter reacted post-match. “Firstly, we as a club, support the league’s initiative, for sure. It was a personal initiative from Mo Camara. We will have this conversation with Mo internally. Internally, we will discuss this situation. I had the badges on in the game, I support the league’s initiative,” he said.

France’s Sports Minister, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has now called for sanctions against the player, as well as the Principality club. “I think it’s unacceptable. I’ve already told the LFP what I think yesterday anyway and I think that such behaviour should lead to the strongest sanctions for the player, but also for the club for having allowed it to happen,” Oudéa-Castéra told RTL.

GFFN | Luke Entwistle