The French sports minister, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, called on Monday for “the strongest sanctions” against Monaco’s Mohamed Camara and his Ligue 1 club after the badge on the midfielder’s shirt supporting the LGBTQ community was covered up.
The 24-year-old badge was masked by white tape before Monaco’s final league match of the season on Sunday during which he scored from a penalty in their 4-0 home win against Nantes.
“It is unacceptable behaviour,” Oudéa-Castéra told the French radio station RTL when asked about the possibility of sanctioning the Mali international and his club. “I had the chance to tell the Ligue de Football Professionnel what I thought about it last night and such behaviour must be subject to the strongest sanctions against the player and the club which allowed it to happen.”
Monaco’s coach, Adi Hutter, referring to the initiative for the LGBTQ community, said: “First of all, I would like to say that we, as a club, support the operation organised by the league. For his part, it was a personal initiative. There will be an internal discussion with him about this situation.”
