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Fans slam FIFA having Iker Casillas deliver World Cup trophy after 'coming out as gay'

Football fans have been quick to slam FIFA on social media after Iker Casillas carried out the World Cup trophy - a couple of months after 'coming out as gay'

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Will Schofield Senior Sports Reporter
15:38, 18 Dec 2022Updated 15:56, 18 Dec 2022
Fans slammed FIFA's decision to have Iker Casillas deliver the trophy
Fans slammed FIFA's decision to have Iker Casillas deliver the trophy(Image: PA)

Football fans have slammed FIFA's decision to allow Iker Casillas to carry out the World Cup trophy on Sunday afternoon.

Casillas, alongside Bollywood icon Deepika Padukone, delivered the trophy to the World Cup final in a Louis Vitton briefcase. However, in early October, the Spanish legend said "I hope you respect me - I'm gay" in deleted Twitter post.

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The tweet stayed up for a little over half an hour, and Carlos Puyol responded: "It's time to tell our story, Iker." Casillas then claimed he was hacked, and he issued an apology to the LGTBQ community for the content of the tweet.

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"FIFA inviting Iker Casillas for the trophy reveal after that horrible gay joke, in a country that criminalises homosexuality," one fan fumed.

"FIFA's thinking: Let's get the former player that pretended to be gay as a joke to deliver the World Cup Trophy to the final," a second added. And a third tweeted: "Of course, they’d have Iker Casillas bring the trophy out, given his recent mockery of coming out as a gay footballer!"

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While a fourth fumed: "Iker Casillas. Really? Perhaps there to crack a few gay jokes?"

What do you think of Iker Casillas taking out the World Cup trophy? Let us know in the comments section

Iker Casillas said he was hacked - but still apologised for the tweet
Iker Casillas said he was hacked - but still apologised for the tweet(Image: Getty Images)
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Casillas had said, after the tweet was deleted: "Hacked account. Luckily everything in order. Apologies to all my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.''

The Spanish shot-stopper is a World Cup winner, conquering the footballing world with Spain's free-flowing 2010 winners.

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