This Wednesday, at the end of the match won by Belgium once morest Canada, the captain of the Red Devils Eden Hazard was questioned regarding the gesture of the German team whose players had posed on Wednesday with a hand in front of the mouth for the pre-match photo once morest Japan. This symbolic gesture denounced FIFA and its decision to ban the “One Love” armband on the pitches in Qatar.
Asked regarding the choice not to wear this armband at the TV2 microphone, Eden Hazard explained that he made this decision to avoid receiving a yellow card at the start of the match. “A lot of things have been said. I am here to play football. I didn’t want to start the match with a yellow card, it would have been problematic for the rest of the tournament,” he explained. “That’s why I chose not to. Again, maybe I would have worn it. »
The Brainois also commented on the protest gesture of the German players. “I enjoyed it, but then they lost the game. They would have done better to win the game! I am not here to send a political message. There are people better placed than me for that. »
Words that made Marc Delire react in the program “Le Vestiaire” this Thursday. “We know Eden, he may have said it in the form of a joke, but when he says that, I’m not convinced? I think maybe he should have closed it and played better, ”launched the journalist.