The German Federation has declared itself “blackmailed” by FIFA

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The German Football Federation (DFB) He responded to the criticism he received for not wearing a solidarity bracelet at Qatar 2022 and justified the decision by alleging “blackmail” from FIFA.

“We do not kneel to FIFA. We understand the frustration and anger. We have been subjected to severe blackmail where we thought we had to make this decision even though we did not want to do it,” said DFB communications director Steffen Simon in a statement. on the Deutschlandfunk station.

Germany, along with six other teams, announced that they will wear a bracelet with a heart and colors similar, though not identical, to those on the LGBT flag.

However, after FIFA announced the sports sanctions, the seven federations overturned that decision, sparking strong criticism in Germany.

“They would have received fines, write the federations. But they want to avoid sporting consequences like a yellow card. For them the bracelet has less value than making a tactical foul in the midfield, ” wrote the weekly “Die Zeit” in a commentary.

In its newscast last night, the first German public television channel, ARD -which has rights to the World Cup along with the second channel ZDF- issued a comment in which it said that it would be better for Germany to “lose points and be eliminated from group stage with a bracelet rather than being a world champion without a bracelet”.

“Shame on yourselves”, headlines, for its part, the newspaper “Bild” on the front page.

“The German team is bearing fruit in FIFA,” he added.

In his commentary, the newspaper recalled that the team gave Germany great moments such as the miracle of Bern in 1954, the reunification title in 1990 or the 7-1 against Brazil in 2014.

“November 21, 2022 will also go down in history. As a day of shame,” he adds.

On the other hand, in a survey conducted by the sports magazine “Kicker” 84 percent of those surveyed responded that the German captain, Manuel Neuer, should wear an equal bracelet even with penalties.

The resignation of the German Football Federation (DFB) to use the multicolored bracelet has already created a conflict with one sponsor, the REWE supermarket chain, which has announced it will give up advertising rights during the World Cup.

Simon said the decision was made “to avoid an accident” after the England team, whose captain Harry Kane was due to be the first to wear the equalizer armband, received harsh threats from FIFA.

“The tournament director came to the English camp and spoke about the many rule violations that would occur if the bracelet was worn and threatened major penalties,” he explained.

FIFA did not want to specify what kind of penalties they would impose. “That is part of FIFA’s game, not to give clarity to the federations about what the punishment will be,” Simon explained.

Some German media, the newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and the magazine “Kicker” spoke about “methods typical of a gangster film”.

Source: La Verdad

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