The gesture is not new, but it has already provoked some debate.
Since the start of the Euro, several selections have decided to put one knee to the ground before the start of the matches, like a large part of the sporting world (Formula 1, American football, rugby) and footballers have already been able to do so in recent months after the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white policeman in the United States, last year.
This is not the case for all nations, however.
And above all, some supporters, authorized to return to the stadiums, are opposed to this politicized action.
This Sunday, the reaction of 22,000 English supporters in Wembley stadium was closely watched.
The England team had indeed been booed by part of the public in Middlesbrough when they knelt before the friendlies against Austria (1-0) and Romania (1-0) last week.
This time, against the Croats - who remained standing - the action of the English players has garnered more support on the surface.
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"If you don't understand what the knee down means and the cause behind it, it's really, really disappointing," striker Raheem Sterling, who was on the bench on Sunday, told talkSPORT radio. and which offered the victory to England against Croatia (1-0).
Support for the "Black Lives Matter" movement
"We think it is the right thing to do, so we will continue to do it", for his part assured the striker Marcus Rashford, also very committed in the fight against discrimination.
The Belgians should take the same path, they who were whistled in St. Petersburg, before their match on Saturday against the Russians (3-0).
And they will not be the only ones since the France team will do as its neighbors.
"Apparently, it is planned," announced the goalkeeper and captain of the Blues on Monday at a press conference.
This Tuesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich, the players of the France team will therefore support the âBlack Lives Matterâ movement, as they had already done before winning against Wales (3-0 ), in Nice, in a preparatory match for the Euro on June 2.