The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is one of the six continental bodies of governance in association football under FIFA, regulating and governing the sport across the European continent. It is responsible for conducting draws for prestigious tournaments such as the Champions League, Europa League, Europa Conference League, and UEFA Euro.
The Euro 2024 draw event, hosted in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday, December 2, was disrupted by explicit sounds during the event. This incident stunned the esteemed audience, including the coaches and members of all the qualified teams, as well as viewers globally through the broadcast.
P*rn noises interrupt Euro 2024 draw
The UEFA Euro 2024 is set to commence next year in June, hosted by the Euro 1996 champions, Germany. The tournament will be organized in ten venues across ten cities. Twenty-four nations have already qualified for the tournament after participating in the qualifiers and finishing in the top two places in the qualifying group tables.
With Germany automatically qualifying as the host nation, the remaining three spots will be contested by twelve teams in the playoff round to determine their fate. To allocate the teams that have booked their spots for the tournament next year, UEFA organized a draw ceremony at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, one of the host cities.
During the ceremony, pornographic noises were noticed inside the venue while the draw proceedings were ongoing. Manchester City icon David Silva was drawing the names from the pot and appeared puzzled as the sounds were heard on multiple occasions.
Giorgio Marchetti, the UEFA deputy general secretary who was also hosting the ceremony, acknowledged the incident, stating, “There is some noise here… that has now stopped,” but the drawing process was carried on to its conclusion despite the interruption.
Similar incident occurred in Liverpool game
The infamous British prankster and social media personality, Jarvo 69 claimed credit for the Euro 2024 Draw ceremony incident. Moreover, he even posted it live on his social media, detailing how he executed the prank. The prankster has previously been banned from all sporting events in England and Wales.
Jarvo has successfully pulled off numerous pranks, invading fields during matches, and the Euro 2024 Draw ceremony incident was another one of his attention-grabbing tricks.
Earlier this year, he executed a similar act during the live broadcast pre-match show of the FA Cup clash between Liverpool and Wolves. Subsequently, the BBC had to issue an official apology regarding the matter.
