As if to confess that you are gay

During these days (and with all the reason in the world) there has been talk that, in the League, we have a problem with racism in the stands. But here I wanted to extend it to the pitch, to the players, to talk about the attitude of the players of the national championship when it comes to making some courageous gesture for civil rights. To be exemplary in that. Also in that. Especially in that.

Seeing what has been seen with racism in the League, what I would not hear and what they would not say to one of the stars

s of the tournament in the Spanish football fields

. What wouldn't they shout at Lewandowski if he had taken that step, let's fabulate, and then scored three goals and celebrated as he pleased. Or Morata, after coming out of the closet and facing a rival. Or Vinicius himself, if in addition to black he was gay.

The problem is also on the pitch, he said, and not just in the stands. We've all seen our clubs in certain international matches. British teams kneeling before match in support of anti-racist movement

... in front of the impassive gaze of the Spaniards. All rise.

In the World Cup in Qatar (and unlike other teams) not a single one of our selected had a gesture

. Nor in favor of sexual diversity. Nor in defense of women's rights. Nor by the workers exploited in the construction of the stadiums. Nothing.

And then there is the European Championship played in 2021, where Spain left in the semifinals... But she proclaimed herself champion of the worst.

The title was given by the Twitter account

, which was organized by the

Thus, the account was collecting throughout the tournament the statistics of the teams that made the anti-racist gesture or not. In the No Kneeling Championship, the rules were simple. The team that did not make the gesture achieved three points per game. A point for the selection in which some players did. Zero for the squad that fully fulfilled the message for racial equality.

The Euro ended and there was the data. England and Wales were the only ones who complied with the protest in all the matches and, because of that crime of solidarity, they finished last. Belgium was third by the tail. Teams like Germany or Italy only knelt on occasion.