"Love will always win" says gay footballer Josh Cavallo following homophobic abuse during match
Josh continues to show immense courage,” said Kosima, “and we join him in calling out abuse, which has no place in society, and it will not be tolerated by our Club.”“The Club is committed to celebrating diversity in football, and strongly condemns this behaviour which has no place at our Club or in our game,” read a statement by the opposing team.The A-Leagues and APL support Josh Cavallo and commend him calling out homophobic abuse directed at him during Adelaide United's Isuzu UTE A-League away match against Melbourne Victory.More details: https://t.co/MKZLTXoNsh#WeAreALeagues pic.twitter.com/ydo58mrmBc— Isuzu UTE A-League (@aleaguemen) January 9, 2022“Melbourne Victory sees football as a platform to unite fans no matter what background.
Spectators found to have breached these standards will be banned from future matches.”Cavallo, who made history when he came out in October becoming the first openly gay active top-flight men’s footballer, released a statement on Twitter, acknowledging the incident and calling for better.Some of the words hurled at Josh Cavallo last night from the terrace was disgusting.
We must do better and I'm proud of him for calling it out. Football is for everyone.— Phillip Danh (@phillydanh) January 9, 2022“I’m not going to pretend that I didn’t see or hear the homophobic abuse at the game last night.
There are no words to tell you how disappointed I was,” he wrote.“As a society, it shows we still face these problems in 2022.
