Noël Le Graet gave a long interview to the newspaper the team. After having mentioned the future of Didier Deschamps at the head of the France team, the president of the French Football Federation spoke about the rainbow armband. Indeed, eight captains of European selections wish to wear this armband in the colors of diversity which is intended to fight against discrimination during the World Cup. While captain Hugo Lloris was to wear it, Noël Le Graet no longer seems entirely in agreement with this decision.
“We’ll discuss it. But I like it as much that he doesn’t. We’re going to play in a country that we have to respect. But if we have to wear it, we’ll wear it. It’s not that I am not in favor of this armband, but sometimes I tell myself that we want to be so much lesson givers that we should also look at what is happening at home. “
The FFF president also did not associate himself with the European nations who reacted curtly to the letter from FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who asked the selections concerned to “focus on football”
“We are not associated with this at the moment. But if something does not please me on the spot, I will say so, perhaps even before those who have signed. For my part, I have a good relationship with Gianni Infantino.”
to summarize
Noël Le Graet gave a long interview to the newspaper l’Équipe. After discussing the future of Didier Deschamps at the head of the French team, the president of the French Football Federation spoke about the rainbow armband. Indeed, eight captains of European selections wish to wear this armband in the colors of diversity and intended to fight against discrimination during the World Cup. While captain Hugo Lloris was to wear it, Noël Le Graet no longer seems entirely in agreement with this decision.
