National team
After debate about “One Love” armband: DFB commits itself to a new captain’s armband
Banned by FIFA: the “One Love” armband. In the future, the DFB captain should wear an armband in black, red and gold again.
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The German Football Association has decided: The captain of the DFB-Elf should wear an armband in the national colors in the future. Experiments like the “One Love” bandage at the World Cup in Qatar should no longer exist.
The captain of the German national soccer team is to wear an armband in black, red and gold again in the future – the DFB team should refrain from socio-political symbols after the discussion about the “One Love” armband at the soccer World Cup in Qatar.
National coach Hansi Flick, captain Joshua Kimmich, the new sports director Rudi Völler and DFB President Bernd Neuendorf have agreed on this approach, the association said, according to the DPA news agency.
DFB draws a line under the “One Love” binding debate
“I said everything about it. It shouldn’t be the case that these things are the focus again, the team should just play football. They should play football well, that’s their job. We agree on that,” said Flick in Frankfurt am Main before the friendly against Peru on Saturday (8.45 p.m. on ZDF and on star-Ticker).
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The regulation should apply until the European Championships at home next year. During the tournament, Uefa determines how the team captains will be identified.
With the decision, the DFB hopes to be able to draw a line under the debate about the Winter World Cup. Like other teams, the German national team had planned to have their captain Manuel Neuer wear an armband with the words “One Love” on it as a sign of tolerance for all forms of life and love. Fifa had forbidden this, the DFB bowed to the ban. The appearances of the German eleven were then overshadowed by extensive discussions on the subject.
The DFB emphasized that black, red and gold stand for “democratic values, for diversity, respect and community” and protested against the colors being appropriated by excluding, nationalistic or intolerant forces.
Sources: DFB, DPA news agency