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NEUER WILL NOT WEAR THE RAINBOW BRACELET

Germany charges against FIFA: "They threatened us with sporting sanctions"

Published:21/11/2022 - 21:02h

Updated:21/11/2022 - 21:02h

Manuel Neuer, captain of Germany, intended to use the rainbow bracelet in favor of the LGBT community during the World Cup. However, FIFA would have "threatened" the German Federation and they charged harshly against the entity

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The controversy does not cease in Qatar. The captains of several selections pretended to carry the bracelet arcoíris of the campaign "One Love" during the World-wide Glass, in a sample of support and claim to the community LGTBI. Nevertheless, the FIFA issued a communiqué in which it warned to the footballers and his federations that carry a bracelet that was not distributed by the organisation could comport sportive sanctions.

In spite of this, Manuel Neuer, had the intensión to fulfil his promise and carry said brazalate to enhance to the community and, at the same time, challenge to the country organiser of the appointment mundialista, where exist lacks regarding freedoms and rights for diverse groups and, for example, the homosexuality is penalised. The guardameta Teutonic declared does a pair of days that would carry the strip arcoíris in the first party of his team against Japan, but the threats issued by the FIFA expose him to receive a yellow card before it begin the crash.

For this reason, the president of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (German Federation of Football), went out to the 'cross' and expressed the feel of the germanos and of all the selections that have had to desist of his idea, loading with hardness contrala FIFA. "It was a clear threat against us. They loomed us with sportive sanctions. It was a demonstration of unprecedented power by part of the FIFA. We do not want to litigate this battle loading to our players", manifested.

Of the same way, Oliver Bierhoff, team manager Teutonic and a very near member to the players, revealed the feelings of the captain. "Neuer Is very disappointed by not being able to use the bracelet. This no longer has to see with the football. There is a lot anger. I'm sorry like a censorship. The bracelet can it to us remove, but even so we will express our values", went the plea of the ex forward of the combined German.

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It does a pair of days, the guardameta of 'Die Mannschaft' confessed that "this is a new experiment for all we. This tournament is a big experiment", alleging that along the event went to observe several samples of support to the human rights, taking advantage of the opportunity to give him voice to a lot of communities. However, these intensiones have seen 'braked' by the FIFA, those who protect in the regulation and in that they can seat precedents for other motivations.

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