The players of the German national team in their own way protested against the actions of FIFA. International football players were silent in a group photo before the match against Japan for the fifth group of the World Cup.
Thus, the players of Hansi Flick protested against the practice of FIFA and the organizers of the World Cup. We remind you that the World Federation has banned team captains from wearing the “OneLove” armband.
In a statement via Twitter, the German national team said that human rights are non-negotiable.
“With the armband, we wanted to set an example of the values that we have in the national team: diversity and mutual respect, we wanted to shout about it to other countries.
This is not a political message: human rights are non-negotiable.
This should be understandable, but unfortunately it is not. That is why this message is very important to us. Forbidding us to wear an armband is like silencing us. Our position is valid,” the message reads.
We wanted to use our captain’s armband to uphold the values we uphold in the German national team: diversity and mutual respect. Together with other nations, we wanted our voice to be heard.
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) November 23, 2022
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