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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2h

Earlier this month, FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani denied that Trump's decision to change the tournament's venues would result in a change of venue: "It’s FIFA’s tournament, FIFA’s jurisdiction, FIFA makes those decisions."

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FIFA VP pushes back on Trump comments about moving World Cup games from 'dangerous' cities

U.S. President Donald Trump has been reminded that FIFA and not government ultimately decides which cities will host World Cup games.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2h

For some time now, Trump has been threatening to change the venues for next summer's World Cup, as a form of punishment for the Democratic mayors of some US cities who do not bow to his diktats.

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www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2h

"If somebody is doing a bad job and if I feel is unsafe, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, and I would say, 'let's move it to another location.' And he would do that."

Yet another surreal speech from #Trump, which once again humiliates Infantino and the entire football community.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 10h

Grazie sempre anche a te e a tutti quelli che seguono il progetto!

Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 10h

"This black ribbon remembers the 250 journalists that lost their lives in #Gaza trying to tell about what a UN Commission described as a genocide."

Sports journalist Alessandro Antinelli on Italian public TV RAI, during Italy-Israel match (October 14, 2025).

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 12h

A local artist created a statue of Justice that marched with the protesters. At the end of the demonstration, the statue raised a hard witha red card, symbol of the 'Show Israel the Red Card' campaign.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 12h

Some activists created a 25-meter-long shroud with the handwritten names of almost 18.000 Palestinian children killed by IDF. "It took days of work, and it was a very sad work" said one of the women who carried the shroud throughout the march.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 12h

There were various pro-Palestine and civil society's organisations, as well as a great participation of Italian community football clubs.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 12h

Approximately 15,000 people marched through the streets of Udine yesterday to protest the #ItalyIsrael match and demand Israel's exclusion from international sport.

Pallonate in Faccia was present: here are some photos and videos of the demonstration.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 1d

Today, in Udine, more people in the streets to protest then at the stadium to support the teams. This article was written during the demonstration against #ItalyIsrael.

www.editorialedomani.it/sport/udine-...

La carica dei 10mila: il no di Udine a Israele nel calcio nell’inerzia della Fifa

Il corteo in città prima del match con l’Italia, vivace ma senza eccessi, è una risposta a chi ha invocato la separazione tra sport e politica, come il cittì Ben Shimon. Ma anche un messaggio al presi...

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 1d

🇮🇹🇮🇱 #ItalyIsrael will be played this evening: despite long discussions, Israel has not been suspended from international football.

Read the article by Pallonate in Faccia on @ilpost.it (in Italian).

www.ilpost.it/2025/10/14/i...

Perché Israele non è stato escluso dal calcio internazionale - Il Post

La UEFA continua non decidere, e intanto l'Italia deve giocarci contro, tra molte proteste

www.ilpost.it

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 1d

The Spanish defender from Betis spoke yesterday in an interview with Spanish newspaper Diario ABC.

www.abc.es/deportes/alf...

Bellerín: «El fútbol está dormido ante la atrocidad en Gaza»

El lateral bético da su opinión sobre Israel y valora el compromiso social del club verdiblanco

www.abc.es

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 1d

"This is an on going genocide. We're seeing it on our phones. There's a government that's killing civilians, children, starving them... As footballers, we should do much more."

Héctor Bellerín on #Palestine.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is also at Trump's summit in Sharm El-Sheikh for peace in the #Gaza Strip (in the photo, he is with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi).

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

"Thank you, President Trump" at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, referring to Hamas's release of Israeli hostages.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

Manaj's celebration has already earned him a mural in the city of Mitrovica, one of Kosovo's main cities.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

At the moment of the goal, striker Rey Manaj celebrated with an Albanian nationalist gesture, making the eagle symbol with his hands.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

🇦🇱 🇷🇸 #Albania won in Serbia last night, and Rey Manaj, scorer of the winning goal, celebrated with the gesture of the eagle, the Albanian national symbol that has already been at the center of controversy with the Serbs in the past.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

🇷🇸 🇦🇱 On Saturday, Serbian fans in Leskovac chanted "Death to Albanians" after Albania took the lead in their World Cup qualifying match.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 2d

"Love Dynamo, Hate #racism"

The new Dynamo Dresden's jersey, club of the German 2d division.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow evening I will be on X talking about the match #ItalyIsrael. And Tuesday we will meet at the demonstration in Udine.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

Despite this, Albania and Serbia will co-host the 2027 U21 European Championship. Of course, there have been and still are several doubts regarding the awarding of the tournament.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/610...

Albania and Serbia set to be confirmed as co-hosts for 2027 Under-21 Euros

The two federations, with the backing of their governments and UEFA, are determined to improve relations between the countries.

www.nytimes.com

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

The first leg in Tirana last June saw the away match banned to the Serb fans, and numerous Albanian nationalist demonstrations both inside and outside the stadium.

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Vecchi nemici | Gli attriti tra Albania e Serbia, e la finta distensione delle partite di calcio - Linkiesta.it

Durante il match di qualificazione ai Mondiali sono emersi ancora una volta i sentimenti nazionalisti di tifosi e cittadini. Scene già viste più e più volte che sollevano diversi interrogativi in vist...

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

It was known, however, that Serbia-Albania would not be a smooth match. On October 14, 2014, the controversial drone incident took place in Belgrade: a drone with an Albanian nationalist flag flew over the pitch, causing a brief interruption in the match.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

At the 2018 World Cup, Swiss-Kosovar players Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka celebrated their goals against Serbia in the same way. They were later fined by FIFA for provoking their opponents.

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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 3d

🇦🇱 🇷🇸 #Albania won in Serbia last night, and Rey Manaj, scorer of the winning goal, celebrated with the gesture of the eagle, the Albanian national symbol that has already been at the center of controversy with the Serbs in the past.

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