FIFA World Cup 2022: The England national team held a team meeting on Thursday night before their game against the United States. In Germany’s match against Japan, German players covered their mouths as the team photo was taken at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
They showed resistance to FIFA’s decision to penalize for wearing “One Love” armbands. Prior to FIFA’s announcement, seven team captains were scheduled to wear the armbands.
The actions of the German players were to protest against discrimination in the host nation, Qatar. The German’s gesture before the game has kept the controversy alive.
According to John Stones, the England national team also held a team meeting on whether to replicate the same event against the US. The Man City defender said: “In our meeting, we’ll talk about these sorts of things. We don’t want to get carried away by what other people do.”
FIFA World Cup 2022: John Stones confirms England national team reunion
FIFA has gotten pretty strict on “One Love” bracelets. They have instructed the captains and have forbidden them to wear that bracelet.
When John Stones confirmed the team meeting, he also stated: “We want to be true to our own values, but at the same time that we want to make things heard and aware of how we feel, we want to convey everyone’s opinion. the correct way”. Stones also said that this decision would be “difficult” to make without hurting people’s rules or whatever.
Maguire at the team meeting about the “One Love” bracelets
England’s other central defender Harry Maguire has also confirmed that his team would make the One Love gesture amid controversy. Maguire said: “We have talked about it as a group and we will act when we feel it is appropriate to act.” But the defender confirmed that the main objective of his team is to win matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
A few weeks ago, Gareth Southgate spoke about the gesture. He spoke: “I think we have to feel comfortable knowing what we stand for.”
The Three Lions manager recently said: “We want to support the LGBTQ community in particular and recognize that a lot of those people are not here with us and we wanted them here with us. But we could also rush into doing things that don’t land well and don’t really make any difference and take a lot of time and energy away from where we need to be right now.”
England is playing in Group B. England secured an easy win against Iran in the opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
