The Qatar 2022 World Cup has given a lot to talk about since its host country was revealed, since no one is oblivious to the fact that that place does not enjoy the best reputation in terms of human rights. With all this, one of the most important events in the world of sports continued its course in an act that could only be defined as grim.
The gloomy background does not end there, but the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) also has a lot of tails that get stepped on, which it practically drags in front of our eyes in a mocking manner. Unfortunately, the noise made by FIFA victims is never as loud as that of the fans, which means that cases like Thiago Almada’s go unnoticed.
You can do the test, because if you look for the name of the Argentine player on the Internet, nothing will come out about the process against him for alleged sexual abuse, but rather the news focuses on his successful World Cup debut and, basically, his celebrity quality comes to the fore.
As if that were not enough, the footballer was accused since February 2021, enough time to leave him out of the World Cup. But that is not how the mind of Lionel Scaloni, the coach who leads the Argentine team, works, on the contrary, protecting an alleged rapist and, together with him, wearing the purple shirt that represents the fight against gender violence seemed more appropriate and not violent at all
You are not worthy of wearing a VIOLET shirt (which represents the fight against Gender Violence).
Play easy, he only plays in the Saavedra Penal Unit.
TIME TO TIME. pic.twitter.com/pv7ZgDHmYI— R. HERMIDA LEGEND (@Hermidaleyenda) November 30, 2022
It is worth mentioning that Thiago is not the only defendant, but that other members of the Vélez Sarsfield club were also implicated in the complaint; Among them are Miguel Brizuela and Juan José Acuña (who has already been arrested). According to the victim’s testimony, they all participated in the group abuse to which she was subjected, which was initially consensual until she asked those involved to stop.
Given the situation, many Argentine women, including the complainant’s lawyer, have come out to claim that an alleged rapist is in the ranks of the National Team, while the victim must observe how he continues his life as if nothing had happened and declares things like the following:
I am very happy for my World Cup debut. I am the happiest boy in the world, what a little boy like that dreams of with a ball at his feet.