Monday evening, he crossed the lawn of the Lusail stadium to support Ukraine and Iranian women during the World Cup match in Qatar between Portugal and Uruguay (2-0).

This Tuesday, Mario Ferri returned to his gesture, in a message on his Instagram account.

"FIFA banned rainbow captain's armbands and human rights flags from the stands, they blocked everyone BUT NOT ME, like a Robin Hood," wrote the Italian 35-year-old on his Instagram account, believing that "breaking the rules for a good cause is never a crime".


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Nicknamed "The Falcon" and accustomed to this type of intrusion, Ferri interrupted the match by running on the field with a t-shirt stamped on the front with the Superman logo with an inscription in support of Ukraine, "Save Ukraine”, and on the back a message in favor of Iranian women (“Respect for Iranian Woman”).

A globe-trotting footballer, accustomed to these actions

This footballer playing in lower division clubs defines himself as "a modern pirate".

On Monday evening, he also carried the peace flag in the colors of the rainbow.

According

to Gazzetta dello Sport

, he has played in India, Switzerland, San Marino, Seychelles and Jordan.

“SAVE UKRAINE.

I spent a month in the war in kyiv as a volunteer and saw how much these people are suffering,” he also wrote.

Mario Ferri said he wanted to send “important messages”, especially for Iran “where I have friends who are suffering, where women are not respected.

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After a brief detention, he was released "without further consequences", Italian authorities said on Tuesday.

During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Mario Ferri entered the field during Belgium - United States with a T-shirt bearing the inscriptions "Save the children of the favelas" and "Ciro Vive", in tribute to Ciro Esposito, a supporter of Napoli killed shortly before, according to Italian agency AGI.

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