The death of Zaki Anwari moved the world. Ready to leave his country, Afghanistan, by all means, this 19-year-old international junior desperately clung to a plane to flee the Taliban on Thursday at Kabul airport. According to the International Sports Press Association, he died after being caught in one of the panels that make up the aircraft’s landing gear. Fifa now wants to avoid other tragedies, other deaths. The International Federation has thus announced, through the voice of its Secretary General Fatma Samoura, to draw up a plan to evacuate football players who wish to do so.
“Secure as many people as possible”
“We are working with Fifpro, the players’ union,” explained the Senegalese. We have already evacuated footballers from Afghanistan in the past, we must be able to do it again. “The next step, said Fatma Samoura, is to assess” the number of players concerned. “
For its part, Fifpro had explained in a tweet Friday “to be in contact with governments to establish an evacuation plan for athletes at risk”, to “put as many people as possible in a safe place. “
