“One Love” at World Cup
Reactions to armband scandal: “One noticed how the balance of power in world football is”
Ex-national player Thomas Hitzlsperger: “Infantino wants to sow discord”.
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Ex-national player Thomas Hitzlsperger sees the professionals in the “One Love” discussion as a big loser. Other athletes go even further and call on the DFB team to leave Qatar after the armband ban.
Ex-national player Thomas Hitzlsperger believes in the long-term effects of the “One Love” escalation on German football professionals. He seems so “that we have now overloaded them,” said the DFB ambassador for diversity in the ARD “daily topics”. “Only what they need to understand is that in the past they wanted to make their own mark, so they raised the level of expectation.” It will “take a while before they can credibly stand up for these values again”. World governing body FIFA had banned seven European participants on Monday from playing with a “One Love” captain’s armband during the World Cup in Qatar. The outcry, especially in the affected countries, is huge.
Infantino has even managed to force the teams not to wear the #OneLove armband. How pathetic?! How about ???? laces ????? #WorldCup2022 — Thomas Hitzlsperger (@ThomasHitz) November 21, 2022
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Hitzlsperger attacks FIFA
“Today they were put to the test and you noticed how the balance of power is in world football,” said Hitzlsperger. “Where the bill is paid, that’s where the rules come in. I think the pressure comes from the host country and that was unmistakable today.” Infantino wants to “sow discord, he succeeded,” said the 40-year-old. “If we keep comparing which team takes action and which doesn’t, it only creates stress and he achieves his goal. In the end, it’s about staying in power and he’s mastered that excellently so far.”
Gianni Infantino thinks he’s bigger than @VirgilvDijk @Manuel Neuer @HKane and many other top stars in world football. He thinks he owns the game. He can even feel gay, arabic, muslim and many other things. So sad that we got to this point #WorldCup2022 — Thomas Hitzlsperger (@ThomasHitz) November 21, 2022
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reactions online
It really couldn’t have been done any worse. This is so incredibly embarrassing, shameful, harmful. ???????????? https://t.co/eQAafaJFaS — Anne Will (@annewill) November 21, 2022
