Gianni Infantino calls for red cards if players cover mouths in racism rows | OneFootball

"If a player covers his mouth and says something, and it has a racist consequence, then he has to be sent off, obviously. There has to be a presumption that he said something he should not have said, otherwise he would not have covered his mouth."

The FIFA president’s comments followed the alleged racism incident involving Gianluca Prestianni and Vinícius Júnior during Benfica v Real Madrid. He was speaking to Sky News.

"I simply do not understand, if you have nothing to hide, you do not hide your mouth when you say something. It is as simple as that."

"There are situations we did not foresee. Of course, when you deal with a disciplinary case, you have to analyse the situation, you need evidence, but we cannot be satisfied with this in the future."

"We need to act and be decisive, and that has to have a deterrent effect. Maybe we should think not only about punishing, but also about allowing, in some way, a change in our culture, allowing players or whoever does something to apologise. You can do things you do not want to do in a moment of anger and apologise, and then the sanction has to be different."

Source: Glorioso 1904