For example, Danish defense chief Simon Kjaer will definitely wear a captain’s armband in the first World Cup match against Tunisia on Tuesday, which is intended to promote diversity and tolerance. “We’re playing with the One Love armband. And then we have to see if we can do more than that,” said Eriksen on Saturday. “We do what we can.” Homosexuality, among other things, is a criminal offense in Qatar. Hardly any other of the 32 participating football associations took a stand against the human rights situation in the host country as clearly as the Danes in the run-up to the World Cup. Among other things, they applied to FIFA to train in shirts with the inscription “Human rights for all” during the tournament. The world association, however, prohibited this as a “political message”.
On the other hand, the players at this World Cup will play in one-color jerseys, on which the Danish association’s coat of arms will not stand out in color. “During a tournament that has cost the lives of thousands of people, we don’t want to be visible,” said jersey supplier Hummel.
Denmark’s football director Peter Möller pointed out at the press conference on Saturday that the German, English and Dutch teams also want to wear a captain’s armband in rainbow colors at this World Cup and that his association would accept a fine from FIFA for this . “I have no idea what the penalty could be,” said Möller. “England and the Netherlands play a day ahead of us, so maybe we’ll be wiser if they played.”
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