Rainbow Flag Protester Runs Onto Field During Portugal-Uruguay World Cup Match, But Moment Is Barely Shown On TV
deadline.comA protester made it onto the field during the World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay today, but you might not know it if you weren’t on the field yourself.
TV footage of the moment, which came in the match’s 51st minute, was almost nonexistant, with the protester running through the bottom left hand corner of the screen in a split-second and the referee then stooping to pick up the rainbow flag the he had been carrying.
fan on the pitch with a rainbow flag at the World Cup pic.twitter.com/tH5cgb3rKy The man, it appears from news photos, was carrying a Pride flag and wearing a shirt with the Superman logo and the words “Save Ukraine” on the front and “Respect for Iranian woman” on the back.
He was eventually tackled by security and led away to boos from the crowd. Any reference to the ongoing protests in Iran at the World Cup has been a touchy subject for that country’s leadership, which reportedly went so far as to threaten its own players and their families if Team Iran fails to “behave” during tomorrow’s match against the U.S.
