Fifa opens disciplinary case against Pachuca’s Cabral over Rüdiger allegations | Club World Cup 2025
FIFA opened disciplinary procedures against Pachuca player Gustavo Cabral after an incident involving Antonio Rüdiger from Real Madrid during his club world club match on Sunday.
The referee, Ramon shot down, activated the anti-discrimination protocol crossing his forearms in front of his chest five minutes after a brief fight broke out after an apparent fault on Rüdiger.
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Madrid coach Xabi Alonso was asked if Rüdiger had been the victim of racism. “This is what Rüdiger said and we believe it,” he said.
Cabral denied having abused Rüdiger Racial, saying that he had sworn him and called him a coward. “It was a fight, we collided, he said that I had struck him with my hand, then there was an argument and the referee made the sign of racism … I repeated the same thing all the time,” he said, referring to the verbal violence used.
