The World Cup is supposed to be the celebration of football, but due to recent events, it seems more like the breeding ground for harassment by fans. This was evidenced on Tuesday, during the debut of the Colombian National Team in Russia 2018.
The new victim is Julieth González Theran, a Colombian journalist who works as a special correspondent for the German television channel Deutsche Welle. The woman suffered harassment by one of the fans who traveled to Saransk to watch Colombia play against Japan.
"I had been in the place for about two hours preparing things and absolutely nothing happened to me. But when I was live on the air, that's when this guy took advantage of it, threw himself on top of me, kissed me, and touched my breast," the journalist said.
The incident was captured on camera because it happened while González was doing a live report for the World Cup. Despite the anger she felt, she didn't stop with her work because "she had to continue with the broadcast".
"We don't deserve this treatment. We are equally valuable and professional. I share the joy of football, but we must identify the boundaries of affection and harassment," she concluded.
On the same day, just hours before the Colombia match, a fan decided to play a tasteless joke on two Japanese women. A practice that the Federation itself has condemned.