From Iran to Belgium to Canada, players are speaking up whether FIFA like it or not.
The controversy surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup is reaching boiling point this week after Germany became the second team to use their game to stage a political protest. Taking to the pitch on Wednesday for their game against Japan, the entire German team covered their mouths to suggest they have been gagged by football’s governing body, FIFA.
‘FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play,’ read a statement released from the Football Associations of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. ‘As national federations, we can't put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands in FIFA World Cup games.
Announced hours before England’s game against Iran last Sunday, the team took heavy criticism for abandoning their promise to fight for the queer community – after all, protesting for human rights in a country that disregards them is never a safe endeavour, and these men are amongst the most protected and privileged that could. Yes, they may’ve been carded but they don’t, for example, face imprisonment or the death penalty like actualGermany’s protest has been much-appreciated then.
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