Seven major European soccer teams backed off from their plans to allow their team captains to wear armbands showing support for minority groups including LGBTQ individuals at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar, after FIFA threatened to issue yellow cards against players.
Martin degaard was the captain of Norway during the International Friendly match.
The national soccer federations of the Netherlands, England, Wales, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark issued a joint statement stating they are backing off.
The captains of these seven teams were going to have yellow cards next to their names, instead of their regular captains' armbands, in order to comply with new rules from soccer's world governing body.
The Dutch "One Love" campaign wants to "speak out against all forms of discrimination" and would have supported the rainbow armbands.
Team captains will be allowed to wear a "No Discrimination" armband from the start of the group stages, instead of the quarterfinals as per the body's previous proposal.
In the opening game of the World Cup, England captain Harry Kane wore a black shirt with a "No" in large yellow text above the word "Discrimination"
Under the rules of the organization, team captains are required to wear an accessory.
Alex Scott, a former member of the England Women's national team, wore the "One Love" armband during the pre-game broadcast on the pitch side of the game.
Concerns over the oil-rich Gulf state's human rights record have led to intense scrutiny of the decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar. The decision to host soccer was seen as the result of rampant corruption at the global soccer governing body. As he tried to defend the host nation's policies, Infantino launched into a rant. Infantino said that he was in total control of the event. Infantino said that everyone is welcome in a country where homosexuality is against the law. The chief of football's governing body said he was not African, he was not gay, but he felt like it. Infantino said he understood what it meant to be discriminated against as he was the son of immigrants with red hair and freckles. He said he felt like a woman as well.
A day before the World Cup kicks off, the boss of the sport's governing body told detractors not to criticize the country.
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