Video **** istant referee Shaun Evans has denied "intentionally" making a hand gesture "to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind" after he was cleared by a Fifa investigation.
Evans says the gesture was "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
The Australian could be seen making the fingers of his right hand into a upside down 'OK' sign when Fifa cut to a shot of the VAR team at the referee hub in Dallas before Germany's 7-1 win over Curacao on Sunday.
Such a gesture has two very distinct meanings - one harmless and the other connected to an expression of white supremacy.
World governing body Fifa said after looking into the matter that it found "no evidence of breaches of the Fifa Disciplinary Code".
Evans says the gesture was "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
The Australian could be seen making the fingers of his right hand into a upside down 'OK' sign when Fifa cut to a shot of the VAR team at the referee hub in Dallas before Germany's 7-1 win over Curacao on Sunday.
Such a gesture has two very distinct meanings - one harmless and the other connected to an expression of white supremacy.
World governing body Fifa said after looking into the matter that it found "no evidence of breaches of the Fifa Disciplinary Code".
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