The Danish Football Association has denied that they plan to leave FIFA, but they have criticised Gianni Infantino as the fallout from the “OneLove” armband continues.
The Danish Football Association has denied that they plan to leave FIFA, but they have criticised Gianni Infantino as the fallout from the “OneLove” armband continues.
FIFA, on the other hand, told players that if they did this, they would get a yellow card at the start of the game.
Germany’s players covered their mouths during a team photo before their first game of the World Cup, which was against Japan. They lost that game, which was a big surprise.
A German FA statement said, “We wanted to use our captain’s armband to show that we stand for diversity and mutual respect, which are important to us as a team.”
“Along with other countries, we wanted to be heard.”
Human rights can’t be changed, so it wasn’t about making a political statement. Even though that should be a given, it still isn’t the case. This message is so important to us because of this. If you don’t give us the armband, you’re taking away our voice. We stand by what we say.”
FIFA’s actions have been met with strong criticism, and on Wednesday there were reports that the Danish Football Association was ready to leave FIFA.
Since then, the organisation has said that’s not true, but they have criticised FIFA president Gianni Infantino and said they won’t vote for him. “Some media have gotten the wrong idea that DBU will leave FIFA,” Jakob Hoejer, who is in charge of communications for DBU, told Reuters in a WhatsApp message.” No one said that at the news conference. We have criticisms and aren’t happy, so we won’t vote for the current FIFA president (Gianni Infantino). We will talk with our Nordic and European colleagues about what to do next.
