The FIFA has issued a warning to the Brazilian Football Association for their post-match celebration at the Confederation Cup as the team gather on the  field for a collective prayer celebrating  their victory over  the Americans in the final.   However no actions are to be taken against the players.

“Religion doesn’t belong on a football pitch… mixing religion to football is like creating a religious gathering”, declared Jim Stjerne Hansen, director of the Danish federation. The same way that we can’t let politics enter  football stadiums,

Religious celebrations give head aches to the FIFA.

religion has to remain separated from the football, added Hansen.

The Brazilian Church Renascer, to which Kaká is a member, reacted saying that the measure taking by the FIFA is questionable and hypocrite. You can’t stop someone  from pointing his finger to the sky to thank God as KaKá did, that would be a prejudiced, mentioned Marli Goncalved representative of the catholic institution.

The Sao Paulo Church also criticized the decision stating that being grateful to God can’t and will never be prohibited.

The controversy has just started and we might not see the end anytime soon.

SOURCE: El Mercurio

by: Pascal Mathieu (thesportszone@santiagoradio.cl)