Mostafa Mohamed refuses to play in the day against homophobia

The Nantes striker will not play on the last day of Ligue1, the French team was fine and donates the sum to an association against homophobia

Saturday is played the last day of Ligue 1a decisive evening for many teams and full of extra-heartistic meaning. For three years now, the French League has dedicated the last day to the fight against homophobia. A symbolic initiative that invites the clubs to take the field with uniforms or symbols in support of the LGBTQ+community. But once again, the attacker Egyptian of Nantes, Mostafa Mohamedhe decided not to participate in the race. His gesture, who arrived on the eve of a challenge that could decide the salvation of the team, has turned on the debate again.

Mostafa Mostafa Mohamed

–

For the third year consecutive, Mohamed chose not to participate in the match scheduled during the day against homophobia. Nantes, who will face Montpellier on Saturday evening With the aim of conquering the stay in Ligue 1, he learned on Thursday afternoon that the player would not show up. Mohamed expressed his decision before the group’s departure for Arzon, where the team scheduled two days of retreat. The attacker remained in the Atlantic Loire region and did not even take part in morning training. The club has already made it known through a press release that the footballer will be sanctioned with a fine, whose sum will be donated to an association engaged against homophobia.

The words of Kombojuaré and the salvation in the balance

–

During the pre -match press conference, the Coach Antoine Komboarda tried to minimize the absence of his attacker, talking about a “small muscle problem», Without directly facing Mohamed’s refusal. But the reality, confirmed by sources inside the club and the French media, is that the player has consciously chosen not to take the field on the occasion of the day against homophobia. A decision that is added to A moment already very delicate For Nantes.

The team is in fact in full Fight not to retreat And the challenge against Montpellier is fundamental. The midfielder Pedro Chirivella expressed all the tension that you breathe in the locker room: «It is a trap to think that with a draw we are safe». Words that demonstrate how much every detail, every absence and every individual choice can weigh on the collective fate of the club.