Does love bother you? The Belgians will probably have to change shirts at the last minute at the behest of FIFA

According to background information, the Belgian national team has already received instructions to remove the lettering from the collar. The decision comes just two days before the Red Devils face Canada in their first game at the World Cup on Wednesday.

According to sources ESPN FIFA has rejected any discussions with the Belgian Football Federation. The Belgians are still hesitating how to deal with the situation.

Belgians, like the British, Danes, Germans, Dutch or Welsh, intended to start with a rainbow captain’s armband as a prop against discrimination. However, the teams backed away from this intention after FIFA threatened their captains with a yellow card for such an accessory.

Before the tournament, the Belgians had thought about presenting a shirt with the wording “love”, but in the end they decided against it and confined themselves to the embroidery on the inside of the away shirt.

It has been on sale for several months now and the white shirt with pastel accessories is popular with fans.

If they want to participate in the championship in the white version, they will have to cover the patch or have Adidas send them new shirts without.

According to information from the diary Metro the team will also have to change out of their warm-up suit, which is said to be “too colourful”. The head of Belgian football, Peter Bossaert, also commented on this. “All countries are surprised. All my colleagues were at the opening match and I don’t think they saw anything extraordinary,” he said.

“Not all of us can live by FIFA’s approach. Neither can I. The rigor with which they have arrived is shocking. We have to consider the relationship with FIFA. We need them, but they need us too,” he said. added Bossaert.

The players’ association FIFPro has already challenged the ban on putting the “OneLove” tape. “Players must have the right to express their support for human rights on and off the pitch and we will support all who do,” she said.