The elimination of Germany from this World Cup made Qatari football commentators mock, during a broadcast this Thursday (1), the “shut up” gesture made by the players during the debut, against Japan.
The protest was motivated by FIFA’s threats if the national teams wore the One Love armband, in support of the LGBTQIA+ cause.
In the video published on social networks, commentators appear making the gesture and saying “goodbye” to the selection, which was in 3rd place in the group despite beating Costa Rica in the last round — Japan, who beat Spain, took the lead of the group.
Before the match against Japan, for group E of the 2022 World Cup, in Qatar, the eleven starting players posed for the official photo with their hand over their mouth, in a sign of censorship.
Seven European teams planned to wear the colorful “One Love” armband, in favor of inclusion and against discrimination. England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, however, withdrew after football’s governing body announced it would punish captains with a yellow card. The federations criticized Fifa’s inflexibility.
“With our captain’s armband, we wanted to set an example for the values ​​we live by in the national team: diversity and mutual respect. This is not a political message: human rights are not negotiable”, said the German federation in a note on the networks social.
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