Recently, Josh Cavallo He came to light and confessed his homosexuality, being the first active footballer to openly acknowledge it.
Days later the subject goes through his aspirations to go to Qatar World Cup 2022 with the selection of Australia, but warns that he fears for the harsh measures that there are in that country with the LGBT population.
Cavallo’s dilemma
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“I read something about it in Qatar, they apply the death penalty to gay people, it is something that I am very afraid of and it makes me not want to go there,” he said on the Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast.
And he added: “This saddens me. In the end, the World Cup is in Qatar and one of the greatest achievements of a professional footballer is playing for your country, and knowing that it is in a country that does not support the gay collective and that puts our own life at risk, scares me and makes me wonder if my life is more important than doing something really good in my professional career. “
The rules in that country are harsh, homosexuals can pay sentences from one to 10 years, which makes the footballer think.
Cavallo is a player of the Adelaide United And like every soccer player in his country he wants to join the team selected to compete in the World Cup and has highlighted how supported he has been since he spoke about his condition.
“There are people who have spoken to me confidentially to tell me that they were in the same situation, and they are also professional footballers. And look, it’s something you can’t rush to. You want to be yourself, in the end I was not happy and now look at me, I am the happiest in the world, “he said.
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