The Azteca Stadium field will be the setting for Mexico’s game against the United States tomorrow.
For the meeting, the FMF will implement the Fan ID filter to avoid homophobic chants by fans.
Tomorrow, on the field of the Azteca Stadium, the Mexico vs. United States match will take placecorresponding to the World Cup qualifier heading to Qatar 2022.
For various reasons, tomorrow’s match will see a lot of morbidity, because, in principle, we are talking about the most important match for Mexico not only in these qualifiers, but of the year, given that it faces the closest neighboring rival.
Similarly, It’s about ensuring the pass to the World Cup in Qatarwhich will take place at the end of this 2022, and for which Mexico, according to some specialists, would be arriving with more doubts than certainties.
Now, what happened a few weeks ago at the Estadio la Corregidora, in Querétaro, still resonates in Liga MX and, of course, in the tricolor World Cup qualifiers, a fact that left a bad image of Mexican soccer worldwide.
This, added to the constant calls for attention by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) regarding the so-called “homophobic cry” that sounds among Mexican fans and that has already begun to be a real problem for the Mexican Football Federation. (FMF).
For this reason, tomorrow the Fan ID filter will be implemented with which it is sought to eradicate the homophobic cry and, with it, avoid a strong sanction from FIFA.
The Fan ID is a digital identification system with which it is intended to recognize, by means of a QR code, those who continue with the homophobic chants during the match.
Although it had already been tested in a couple of Liga MX games, it will be starting tomorrow when it will begin to be implemented constantly. with the aim of identifying and punishing fans who do not follow the FMF regulations.
It should be noted that fans who attend the Azteca Stadium must arrive with their registration already done and if they do not, they will not be able to enter the property, since there will be no staff to provide support. Registration can be done from the Internet page: registration.myselection.mx.
Fans organize themselves in networks to boycott the Mexico vs. United States match
A few weeks ago, after the sanctions against the teams from Querétaro and Atlas were announced due to the brawl caused by the bars of both clubs, fans began to organize through social networks in a boycott against Liga MX and the FMF.
According to several Internet users, the idea is to carry out the homophobic chants, precisely, in the match that will face Mexico and the United States as part of the tie for Qatar 2022.
In a certain way, the implementation of the Fan ID filter corresponds to a measure to avoid what is organized on social networks.
“I have already seen some tweets about it, we have received threats and it is not the first or the last time. If someone wants to come and shout (the homophobic insult), they will be removed. Do you want to scream? Perfect, then forget about going to a stadium, “said Yon de Luisa, president of the Mexican Football Federation, in an interview for local media.
Another noteworthy fact is the fact that the tickets for the game are sold out, despite the fact that the prices were very high, with prices ranging from 1,100 pesos to 2,500being the most expensive of the World Cup qualifiers.