An England fan’s ticket was canceled by the Football Association (FA) after he displayed an offensive flag about Diego Maradona throughout England’s sport in opposition to Italy on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Thursday.
Maradona died in 2020 and is broadly revered for his exploits as a participant for native group Napoli.
The FA condemned the message mocking the demise of the previous Napoli footballer. The FA mentioned in an announcement: “We strongly condemn the actions of the man who traveled to Naples with a flag carrying a highly offensive message. We have taken immediate steps to have their tickets canceled ahead of the match.” The matter shall be reviewed additional after we return to England.”
An image circulated on social media wherein an England fan was holding a flag that learn: “Diego is in a box.”
Meanwhile, Harry Kane broke Wayne Rooney’s nationwide group scoring report as England secured a 2-1 win over Italy on the opening evening of European Championship qualifying on Thursday.
It was a small measure of revenge for England in opposition to the group that had misplaced them within the European Championship remaining two years earlier. Italy had additionally received the earlier assembly within the Nations League in September.
It marked England’s first victory over Italy in a aggressive match since a World Cup qualifier at Wembley in 1977 – and the primary over Italy since 1961.
“We haven’t won in Italy for so long,” mentioned Kane. “Scoring and winning the game is special.”
It was one other blow to an Italian group that had did not qualify for the second World Cup in a row.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
