Germany were one of seven nations set to wear the OneLove armband before the ban by FIFA, but won't be silenced. Good for them. Spain next, please.
The Germany players engaged in a protest for their team photo ahead of their opening World Cup game against Japan in response to FIFA’s ban of the OneLove armband.
Germany were one of seven European nations that backed down from wearing the armband, intended to promote diversity and inclusion, after FIFA told them on the eve of the tournament that they would gace sanctions, including an automatic yellow card for the captains.A statement from the DFB said: “With our captain’s armband, we wanted to set an example for values that we live in the national team: diversity and mutual respect. Be loud together with other nations.
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