Germany Neuer assured that he will wear the rainbow bracelet against Japan
Iran Between the bloody repression and the ball: "The World Cup in Qatar cannot matter to us when they are killing us in Iran"
Qatar's autocracy and FIFA have won the first major battle of this World Cup.
The teams that
wanted their captains to wear the 'One Love' bracelets in favor of the LGTBIQ+ collective
, including England and Germany, decided to resign on Monday.
The highest soccer body did not respond to any demand, and
after a last meeting with the federations involved in which they were reminded that their captains would be sanctioned with a yellow card
, the fight came to an end.
In a joint statement, the federations of
England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
announced that their captains will not wear the rainbow bracelets, no matter how much they had expressed their intention not to resign in the previous days.
"We cannot expose our players to sporting sanctions.
We were prepared to pay fines and we had a strong commitment to wear the armbands
. However, we cannot put footballers in this situation where they can be reprimanded or even forced to leave the game. pitch", indicate the federative representatives of these teams.
And they continue: "We are frustrated by FIFA's decision, which we believe is unprecedented (...).
Our players and coaches are disappointed
."
The English Football Association was one of the federations that had been negotiating with FIFA for days before the threat that
Kane
would receive a disciplinary sanction for including an unauthorized accessory in his clothing, something that the regulations prevent.
The English captain would have started the match against Iran with a yellow card, thus exposing himself to missing even the last group game against Wales if he had insisted on the One Love armband in the second game, against the United States.
Kane, before the game, had shown firmness:
"We have made it clear as a team, as a squad and as an organization that we want to wear the bracelet
," said the striker.
"I know the FA are talking to FIFA and I'm sure by game time they'll have their decision. I think we've made it clear that we want to take it."
The one who said he was not willing to give in was
Manuel Neuer
, captain of Germany, who even took it upon himself to reaffirm his intention to wear the multicolored One Love bracelet.
The reality has been different.
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