🇮🇹 Three footballers will go on trial in Italy for a gang rape, reported in May 2025 after A.C. Bra's promotion to the 3rd Division: this is yet another case in Italian football. 👇

⚠️ This evening we'll meet at the Turbigo Library (close to Milan): we will talk about football and literature! See you there!

"How much does life cost down here? I want an answer. If you call everything that kills us a resource. Stop pollution." 🇮🇹 On Wednesday, the Massafra ultras dedicated a banner to the problem of the former Ilva steelworks during their 5th division match against Taranto. 👇

🇬🇧 A very interesting initiative in Liverpool, next June: the Festival of Fan Activism!

🇪🇸 Nazi salutes and Islamophobic chants from Atlético Madrid ultras last night in the #UEFAChampionsLeague match against Barcelona.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Green Brigade will return to Celtic Park: it was announced yesterday that, starting from this Saturday's match, the well-known #Celtic ultras group will be able to return to the stadium, ending a ban imposed by the club at the end of October 2025. 👇

🇺🇸 ICE out of the #2026WorldCup: this is the request made to FIFA by a US union representing about 2,000 food workers at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (Los Angeles). 👇

"We are not afraid of the Zionists!" 🇲🇦 Moroccan footballer Hakim Ziyech, known for his support of the Palestinian cause, responds to Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security, who criticized him for his positions. #FreePalestine 👇

🇮🇹 The Italian government is trying to take credit for the football reform (and certainly not for sporting reasons). [FOOTBALL POLITICS, the second English-language newsletter from Pallonate in Faccia, debuts today. Enjoy!] 🔍 open.substack.com/pub/football...

"A whole civilization will die tonight," says the FIFA Peace Prize winner. #Trump #Iran

🇲🇦 Several #Palestine flags among the fans of the Wydad Casablanca reserve team, on Saturday during the match against CUS Ben Ahmed, in the fourth Moroccan division.

"Love football, hate #racism" 🇮🇹 The new jersey of Polisportiva Sans Papier, a community football club in Schio, near Vicenza. The club was founded in 2014 within the CSA Arcadia community center, and now participates in five-a-side football, cricket, volleyball, and basketball tournaments. 👇

"It's important that Yamal speaks out: it can help others. We're famous, we have money, and the poor black people around the world have a harder time making themselves heard. That's why we need to be united." Vinícius Jr. on the topic of #racism. 👇

🇮🇹 A couple of #Palestine flags among the Pisa fans, during yesterday's match against Torino in Serie A: Pisa fans have historically been close to the Palestinian cause.

🇧🇪 A #Palestine flag among the Union Saint-Gilloise fans, yesterday against Sint-Truiden in the Belgian 1st division.

🇮🇹 Italian football doesn't seem to have any prospects for its future: a symptom of an old and confused ruling class, in an increasingly old and confused country. pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/04/05/c...

UPDATE: Maripán today denied the report to some Italian media outlets (including Pallonate in Faccia). The original story was published on March 31 on Radio ADN, which stated it had official documents from the Prosecutor's Office: www.adnradio.cl/2026/03/31/p...

"It can be solved, but there's no financial incentive to interrupt a match. #Racism can be eradicated, but there aren't people willing to pay the price." 🇪🇸 Íñigo Pérez, Rayo Vallecano coach, at a press conference yesterday. 👇

🇨🇱 Guillermo Maripán, Chilean and Torino defender, has admitted being guilty of revenge porn: before the judges, he confessed to having shared intimate photos of his ex-partner (influencer Carmen Castillo) without her consent. 👇

🇵🇸 Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi has won his case against Mainz, the club that fired him at the end of 2023 for his pro #Palestine stance. 👇

"There are too many foreigners in Italian football." 🇮🇹 According to many people, this is the great evil behind the Azzurri's failures, but is it really so? 🎧 Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/7CjR... 👇

Despite the friendship with Trump, the ties with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and the World Cup ticket scandal, Italian sports journalist Alessandro Alciato calls Infantino "an example to follow" for having restored "credibility" to FIFA.

"My parents never raised me to bend my spine before those who are leading this world toward dishonor and violence." 🇧🇦 This is how Muhamed Buljubašić, captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team, explained his refusal to shake hands with the Israeli players. 👇

🇮🇶 The flags of Iraq and #Kurdistan, displayed by some Iraqi players after qualifying for the World Cup. At least four players on the Iraq national team are Kurdish: Yousseff Amyn, Merchas Doski, Akam Hashem, and Marko Farji. 👇

🇮🇶 #Iraq has qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1986: in between, a long journey to Mexico, wars, Saddam, Uday, ISIS and an ambitious project. Pallontae in Faccia on @ilpost.it (in Italian). www.ilpost.it/2026/04/01/i...

"For criminal law reform. Against sexual violence, online and everywhere." 🇩🇪 On Monday, fans of Babelsberg (Germany's 4th division) took a stand against violence against women, a growing problem in #Germany, partly due to AI and deepfakes. 👇

"Using religion as a pretext to mock someone makes you ignorant and racist." 🇪🇸 This is what Lamine Yamal wrote today in an Instagram post, denouncing the Islamophobic chants made by Spanish fans yesterday during Spain-Egypt. 👇

🇪🇸 "Anyone who doesn't jump is a Muslim": Islamophobic chants from Spanish fans last night during the friendly against Egypt. Lamine Yamal, who is Muslim, avoided his teammates' laps after the match.

🇧🇦 Most of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Under-21 players refused to shake hands with the Israeli players before the start of yesterday's U21 European Championship qualifying match.

"When it's a Muslim country they want regime change. Let's see which government will stand up now or gonna hide again after self-defense. Fu*k Israel!" 🇲🇦 Hakim Ziyech on the introduction of the death penalty for Palestinians in #Israel.

🇮🇷 The #Iran players took to the field today with photos of some of the victims of the war (the sailors of the Dena ship, paramedics and firefighters), as well as sports facilities and historic buildings destroyed by the bombings. 👇

🇧🇦🇮🇹 On November 11, 1996, Italy became the first national team to travel to Sarajevo after the end of the war. Thirty years later, the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina recalls: "We will be opponents for one night. But friends, truly, forever." #BosniaItaly 👇

🇨🇱 Yesterday, the Club Deportivo Palestino presented its new jersey, inspired by the Palestinian flag and featuring the profile of historic #Palestine on the left sleeve. 👇

"Gianni Infantino: The Man Who Wants to Kill Football" Perfect title by @sofoot.com.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nigel #Farage courts English football, and English football courts Nigel Farage. A brief history of a relationship that is becoming increasingly evident and worrying. Pallonate in Faccia on Domani (in Italian). www.editorialedomani.it/sport/calcio...

⚠️ "Millions of fans attending the #2026WorldCup in Canada, Mexico, and USA risk facing disturbing human rights attacks, not least those stemming from the abusive and deadly US immigration policies," reports Amnesty International. @amnestyuk.bsky.social 👇

🇵🇰 #Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani women's rights activist and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner, attended the Denver Summit FC match yesterday, an American women's soccer club. 👇

🇮🇱 One of the two Israeli soldiers filmed firing grenades in southern #Lebanon is football player Menashe Zalka, captain of Hapoel Hadera, in Israel's 2nd division. The video was released by the Israeli media outlet Channel 14. 👇

📚 "Soccer Vs. the State" by Gabriel Kuhn is one of the fundamental books on football and politics: Elèuthera recently translated it into Italian as "Un calcio al potere". Read the review of the book here (in Italian): pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/03/29/u...

"FootbOil" "InfantinOil" The campaign against the partnership between FIFA and Aramco, the Saudi oil giant, in the streets of London: a denunciation of the environmental damage for which football is jointly responsible. Via @samindrakunti.bsky.social

🇦🇷 Last Thursday, the River Plate inaugurated a monument for Memory, Truth and Justice for the crimes of the military dictatorship, on the site of the former sports field of the ESMA, one of the regime's prison and torture centers. @riverplateoficial.bsky.social

🇵🇸 A #Palestine flag at the Genoa stadium last night for the friendly match between Algeria and Guatemala: it was obviously displayed by the Algerian fans.

NO TO DE ZERBI 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Three Tottenham fan groups - Proud Lilywhites, Women of the Lane, Spurs Reach - have criticized the potential hiring of manager Roberto De Zerbi, who months ago defended striker Mason Greenwood, accused of violence against women. 👇

🇮🇷 Iran players took to the field carrying children's backpacks during today's friendly match against Nigeria in Turkey: a gesture to remember the victims of the Minab school massacre. 👇

🇬🇧 Not just Ipswich Town: far-right politician Nigel #Farage was also invited to the headquarters of Sunderland, the city where he's currently campaigning. ⚠️ More and more English football clubs are courting him, and there's a very specific reason. 👇

🇮🇹 Even last night against Northern Ireland, the Italian fans were occupied by the Ultras Italia, an explicitly neo-fascist group: they held the banner that read "Freedom for the Boys with the Tricolour". #antifascism 👇

🏳️‍🌈 "They asked me to participate in a documentary to talk about #homophobia in football, but I declined: I think it would be more powerful to show who doesn't stand up for this cause and why." Héctor Bellerín, interviewed last night by the Spanish television program El Larguero.

@theathleticfc.bsky.social reveals that Nigel #Farage 's visit to Ipswich Town's stadium was arranged in agreement with the club, contrary to what was initially reported by several media (and suggested by the club itself). 👇

🇺🇸 CONCACAF has forbidden Emerald City Supporters, the main Seattle Sounders fan group, to display political banners at local Champions League matches, including the historic one that reads "Anti-racist. Anti-fascist. Always Seattle." @weareecs.bsky.social 👇

🇮🇹 In an attempt to exorcise tonight's #Italy match, here's an article from four years ago about that other match between Italy and Northern Ireland. Enjoy the read (in Italian). pallonateinfaccia.com/2022/03/27/i...