Posted on March 25, 2021 at 12:05 AM
Axel Allag
Before the match against Gibraltar on Wednesday evening, the players from Norway denounced the working conditions of workers on stadium sites in Qatar.
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This Wednesday evening, Norway held its rank by having Gibraltar in view of his first game of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers (0-3), even if, for once, Erling Braut Haaland did not score. Before the start of the meeting, the Norwegian players sported a white t-shirt with the inscriptions « Human rights, on and off the pitch ” during hymns. A reference to the next 2022 World Cup, scheduled for Qatar, and the working conditions of migrant workers. The Guardian said at the end of February that more than 6,500 migrant workers had died in Qatar since the World Cup was awarded in 2010.
Norway players wore t-shirts before their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar in protest of Qatar’s human rights record pic.twitter.com/sfbNCUI5F1
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) March 24, 2021
On Tuesday, at a pre-match press conference, coach Staale Solbakken warned that a gesture could take place. “We are working on something concrete. It is about putting pressure on FIFA to be even more direct, even firmer with the Qatari authorities, to impose stricter requirements.. » The players have therefore taken action. In addition, several Norwegian clubs have shown themselves in favor of a boycott of the world championship.
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