England and nine other teams will wear rainbow armbands

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The English Football Federation (FA) this Wednesday that the captain of the England team, it’s harrywill bring rainbow captain armband and will join, in this way, other nine selections in the movement’OneLove’a campaign that will use the power of football to promote inclusion and send a message against discrimination during matches of Qatar World Cupa country where homosexuality is forbidden.

Excluding the English team -the last to declare their adherence to the cause- the nine teams currently supporting this campaign are: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland Y Welsh. So the captains of each team will wear the rainbow bracelet with ‘OneLove’ engraved on it.

This is a campaign that has begun Netherlands before the festival Euro 2020 to promote diversity, inclusion and reject all forms of discrimination, and it is likely that most teams will choose to wear the armband today, for the next matches of League of Nations This Sunday. In fact, England He has already announced that he will.

The English Captain it’s harryspoke about the cause and showed honored to be part of it:

“I am honored to join the other team captains in supporting this important ‘OneLove’ campaign. As captains, we compete on the field, but together we fight against all forms of discrimination. The bracelet will send a clear message as the world watches.”

In addition, in the statement, the FA asserted that all the families of the workers who was killed or injured during the construction of stadiums Qatar World Cup must be paid, and urges the FIFA to update its compensation system in this area.

Source: La Verdad

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