Jawad El Yamiq, defender of Real Valladolid of LaLiga in Spain, in addition to being the protagonist in the duel against the Portuguese in the quarterfinals against Portugal for being a wall against the Lusitanian attacks, who went directly to Lisbon after the only score from Youseff En Nesyri. In the case of Jawad, his overflowing passion drew attention, and not only because of his sports skin, but also because he gave a teammate a couple of kisses on the Al Thumama Stadium field.
The first kiss that the Moroccan gave was for the Portuguese defender Pepe. For the last moments of the exciting match, the defender of the Iberians had the clearest of the duel, because despite being practically alone in front of the goal, he attacked with a header that missed the post. After Pepe’s mistake, Jawad El Yamiq approached and took him by the head and kissed the Portuguese’s skull, before patting him on the head. Barely a minute later he starred in a kiss that was controversial to say the least.
After the final whistle that gave the Moroccans the pass, in full celebration of this milestone of the pass to the semifinals between hugs, shouts, applause and even made coach Walid Regragui fly through the skies. Although the surprise was the expression that there was between an element of the coaching staff and the defender. El Yamiq walked towards the changing rooms obviously happy and on the way he found an assistant, who immediately took him by the face and planted a kiss on the mouth of the defender who reacted by giving him a push.
This expression of fury was observed by a FIFA element, who gestured with his hands in surprise at the kiss.
Will there be penalties for the kiss on the court?
The very radical restrictions and positions towards LGBT+ people in Qatar have been made clear by different authorities. Could it be that we will see a legal ruling on the behavior of Jawad El Jamiq? Most likely not, since within Arab culture there are expressions of affection -not romantic- between men that could be interpreted differently for Westerners.
For example, it is normal for two men to walk holding hands or arms, since it is a gesture of friendship and does not have a different implication. A very close greeting implies rubbing the nose of the other, kisses on the cheek are something that can be seen among men, something that in countries as macho as the Americans could be misinterpreted.
Although here we see a kiss on the mouth, a beak, this gesture could be diluted in the midst of the passion that the athlete implies for advancing in this phase, however, the laws will have to have an opinion or simply limit themselves, since the Arab squad is has become the representative of local cultural pride.