The German players put their hands over their mouths in the team photo before their first World Cup match once morest Japan. This is presumably a protest to the threats of sporting sanctions from FIFA to prevent the wearing of the “One Love” armband in Qatar.
The 7 European federations, including Germany and Switzerland, which had planned to wear a colored “One Love” armband once morest discrimination, gave up on Monday in the face of the threat of “sports sanctions” by FIFA, which did not specified. This threat has been widely criticized in Germany where many voices have been raised calling on Mannschaft players to defy it.
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