Denmark has had enough of the “One Love” debate
Responses only to football: Andreas Christensen Thursday at the Danish press conference
Quelle: AFP/NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA
When the Danish players were asked for their opinion on the protest action by the German players at the press conference on Thursday, the media director took the floor. The background is the Danish performance the night before.
NAfter days of debates about the “One Love” captain’s armband and the protest against the human rights situation in Qatar, the Danish players at the World Cup should only concentrate on their sport.
When the two professionals Andreas Christensen (FC Barcelona) and Jesper Lindström (Eintracht Frankfurt) were asked for their opinion on the world association Fifa and the protest action of the German players before their opening game against Japan at a press conference at the Danish training ground on Thursday morning, the media director of the Danish association DBU, Jakob Höyer, took the floor and said: “I will answer this question. As I said before, we are here to talk football. We want to talk about the game against France on Saturday and we already answered these questions yesterday.”
The background to this answer is that the DBU chairman Jesper Möller and the DBU director Jakob Jensen appeared on Wednesday at a press conference called at short notice and massively criticized Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino. You also spoke of leaving the world association.
In the run-up to the World Cup, the Danes had taken a particularly clear stand against the situation of guest workers and minorities in the autocratically ruled Qatar. At the latest after the disappointing 0-0 win against Tunisia at the start of the World Cup, they want to keep this topic away from the team.
“Well done, Germany”
“I’ve tried to be open and answer any questions that have come up. I don’t regret anything,” national coach Kasper Hjulmand said on Wednesday. “But we have some great games ahead of us and it’s my job and the players’ job to focus on that. As soon as we are back home”, he will be available again for other questions.
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Hjulmand’s assistant coach Morten Wieghorst made it clear at the media meeting with Christensen and Lindstrom on Thursday that he liked the action of the German players before the Japan game. “Well done Germany,” said the former Celtic striker. “But maybe it would have been even stronger with a joint statement.”
Like all other European teams, Germany and Denmark had refrained from wearing the “One Love” captain’s armband. The German players held their hands over their mouths during their team photo on Wednesday in protest against the pressure from Fifa.
