After a joint statement from England, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland, it was confirmed that their players wouldn't wear the OneLove armband. There is a time and a place for this.
The captains of England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands will not wear the 'OneLove' anti-discrimination armband in their World Cup opening games after confirmation that their captains would be given yellow cards.
The World Cup campaigns were due to begin. Once it became clear that their captains would be reprimanded, the national federations had to change their plans.
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"FIFA has made it very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the statement said. "As national federations, we can't put our players in a situation where they could face sporting sanctions including bookings, so we have asked the captains not to attempt to wear the armbands."
We were prepared to pay fines that would usually apply to breeches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband. We can't force our players to leave the field of play if they are booked.
We wrote to FIFA in September to inform them of our wish to wear the 'OneLove' armband, but had no response. Our players and coaches are disappointed, but they will support other ways.
Each round of the competition will have seven different armbands, each with a different social messaging slogan. The "No Discrimination" armband will be available throughout the tournament after the seven nations decided not to wear the "OneLove" armband.
The 'No Discrimination' campaign has been brought forward from the planned quarterfinals stage in order that all 32 captains will have the chance to wear this armband during the World Cup in 2022," the statement said.
The captain of each team must wear a captain's armband for the final competition in order to be eligible.
The Dutch made the announcement that van Dijk wouldn't wear the captain's hat. The captain of the team will receive a yellow card if he wears the 'One Love' captain's armband. It was not possible to come up with a solution.
The 'OneLove' message will continue to be spread, but our priority is to win the games. The captain should not be given a yellow card to start the game. It was with a heavy heart that we had to abandon our plan.
The KNVB would have paid a possible fine for wearing the 'OneLove' captain's armband, but thatFIFA wants to punish us on the field for this has never been seen." Our sport connects millions of people. We will take a critical look at our relationship with soccer's governing body in the future.
France won't be wearing the armband either. French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet had said he would "rather" players didn't wear the rainbow armbands, while Hugo Lloris reiterated the team's position in a news conference on Monday.
Nine nations, including Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, agreed in September to wear the armband as a symbol of diversity, inclusion and anti- discrimination because of concerns over the World Cup hosts' human rights record.
European football's governing body gave permission for the teams to wear the flags of their countries in the Nations League matches.
Just one day before the World Cup began, FIFA launched their own armbands for all captains to wear to promote social awareness, despite the fact that they did not have clarity on their stance. The nine nations of which only seven are present at the World Cup were ready to accept a fine for making the gesture, but there were suggestions each captain could receive a yellow card at the start of each match.
On the day the European nations were about to start their World Cup campaigns, they made a decision not to wear the captain's shirt because they were afraid of being reprimanded.
England's captain Harry Kane said he would wear it the day before the match.
"I think we've made it clear as a team that we want to wear the captain's hat," Kane said. I'm sure by game time tomorrow we'll have the decision, I know the FA are talking toFIFA at the moment. We want to wear it, I think.
The manager and captain of the Netherlands were asked if they would wear the captain's flag in the opening game. "I am no longer going to speak about political issues, I'm speaking about this coming match and I put a full stop on all these issues," said the Dutch manager.
"After I invited the migrants to watch a practice session, I requested all our players to put a full stop on that and concentrate on the match against Senegalese."
Wales and Germany will be wearing the armband at the weekend.
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