It is this Wednesday evening that Youcef Atal, the player from Nice, will know if the League’s disciplinary committee decides to sanction him, and if so in what proportions, for sharing on his networks a pro Hamas video last week . Advocating zero tolerance in matters of racist or homophobic excesses, the National Ethics Council referred the matter to the League’s disciplinary committee following Atal’s Instagram post.
The Nice side had relayed a video in which Sheikh Mahmoud al-Hasanat asks God to send “a black day on the Jews” and “to accompany the hand” of the inhabitants of Gaza “if they throw stones”. This Wednesday evening, the disciplinary body must rule on the fate of the Algerian, already dismissed by his club. In this case, however, the debates are difficult, because the slippage in question does not relate to the footballing activity of the offender. At the end of the day, Atal shouldn’t, according to the Teamescape a sanction.
The player’s apology
“I am aware that my publication shocked several people, which was not my intention, and I apologize for that,” he wrote on Instagram. “I would like to clarify my point of view without any ambiguity: I strongly condemn all forms of violence, anywhere in the world, and I support all victims. I will never support a message of hatred. Peace is an ideal in which I firmly believe. »
The Nice prosecutor announced the opening of a preliminary investigation for “apology of terrorism”. Another investigation, also opened for “provocation to hatred or violence based on a specific religion”, was entrusted to the Nice judicial police. For its part, the French Football Federation “condemned” with the most extreme firmness” the actions of the Algerian defender.
