New Zealand defender Michael Boxall said he was proud of his team mates' decision to abandon Tuesday's international friendly against Qatar after he was subjected to an alleged racial slur during the game played in Austria.
The All Whites refused to emerge for the second half after Boxall and his team mates claimed Qatar winger Yousuf Abdurisag made a "significant racist slur" five minutes before the interval."It's one of those things, I'm pretty competitive and I say a lot of things that I wouldn't want my kids to hear, but that's certainly crossing the line," Boxall, who is of Samoan heritage and plays for Major League Soccer side Minnesota United, told the Star Tribune.
"It's not something I'd ever say. I didn't really take great offence to it, but I think it's one of those things you can't allow on a football field. "I'm sure it's a slur he uses colloquially every day, but when it's directed at another player on the field, you can't get away with that.New Zealand Football said after the incident that they intended to raise the matter with FIFA, the game's governing body.
The Qatar Football Association denied Abdurisag used discriminatory language during an exchange of words "in the heat of the moment" where he was the victim of racial slurs."We've taken that stand, and now it's out of our control and just let the powers that be sort everything out now."
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