Bayern Munich players trained this Saturday with a "red card against racism" t-shirt. Other teams also made gestures to express their rejection of racism, in particular by kneeling on the ground. 

Bayern Munich players, the leader of the German championship, warmed up on Saturday with a t-shirt marked "Red card against racism - BlackLiveMatters", before the Bundesliga match against Leverkusen.

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- FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) June 6, 2020Manifesting solidarity and the rejection of racism

The big German club is thus part of the series of protests against racism after the death in the United States of George Floyd, a black man killed by the police whose death led to numerous demonstrations in his country and in the world. Bayern central back Jérôme Boateng, born to a Ghanaian father, this week called on his white colleagues to more openly show their solidarity and their rejection of racism.

"All the white athletes who are not currently speaking are not racists, obviously," he said, "but of course it is desirable that they also use their notoriety for this cause." Last week in the Bundesliga, players expressed their feelings individually during matches after scoring a goal. 

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- FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) June 6, 2020Initiatives within other teams of the German championship

The Frenchman Marcus Thuram had knelt down, the young English attacker of Dortmund Jadon Sancho (20 years old), just like the Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi had displayed a T-shirt bearing the inscription "Justice for George Floyd". Schalke 04's midfielder Weston McKennie sported an armband with the same inscription. On Thursday, the entire Dortmund team, second in the championship, made the same gesture in training and had their photos taken, the 28 players arranged in the shape of a heart.