As many as four countries still insist on wearing the rainbow captain’s armband as a form of support for LGBT people in Indonesia World Cup 2022.
These countries are England, Wales, Germany and Denmark. They emphasized that they will continue to support LGBT through the wearing of the captain’s armband during the match.
In a report by The Guardian, England captain Harry Kane and Wales captain Gareth Bale have agreed to stay on with the rainbow captain’s armband. Although FIFA has set several slogans that will be used on the captain’s armband from the preliminary round to the final.
“England captain Harry Kane and Wales international Gareth Bale are set to challenge FIFA by wearing the ‘One Love’ rainbow captain’s armband in a World Cup match after football’s governing body released a statement ‘social campaign’ one night before the World Cup,” read a press release. declaration. The Guardian.
Meanwhile, Danish veteran Christian Eriksen has also said that his team captain, Simon Kjaer, will continue to wear the rainbow captain’s armband at the 2022 World Cup. He is aware that Qatar, as host of the World Cup, prohibits the homosexuality, but the use of the rainbow captain’s armband will still be carried out.
“I know our captain will continue to wear the ‘One Love’ armband. Whatever the consequences, I don’t know, we’ll see,” Eriksen said quoted by Reuters.
The same thing was conveyed by the captain of the German national team, Manuel Neuer. He said he wasn’t afraid of a guest ban on the LGBT advocacy campaign Die Mannschaft would lead at the 2022 World Cup.
“We are supported by the German Football Association, our president and all those in charge. That’s why we are not afraid,” said Neuer.
“We are not the only ones [yang memakai ban kapten pelangi]. We want to merge attitude,” she continued.
Earlier, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said his party had not publicly supported the wearing of the rainbow captain’s armband at the World Cup. For this reason they have released a FIFA version of the campaign for use at the 2022 World Cup.
“We have clear rules regarding the captaincy. We have and carry out campaigns on various topics because this campaign must be universal in nature,” said Infantino.
“We have to find a topic that everyone can celebrate. That’s an important element for us,” Infantino said.
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