World Cup: "One love" armband and pro-human rights jerseys, Denmark's very political World Cup

" A shame.

Fifa ordered Denmark to dispense with their pro-human rights training shirt and Rasmus Kristensen didn't twiddle seven times in his mouth before criticizing the decision, announced a week earlier .

"It's apparently the rules of Fifa," added the Danish side of Leeds United.

The body headed by Gianni Infantino refuses to see political messages in the context of its competitions and therefore deemed the slogan "Human Rights for all" inappropriate.

Last Monday, coach Kasper Hjulmand had planned "to focus on football".

Obviously, the semi-finalists of the last Euro are able to evolve both on the sports and political fields.

Last example this Saturday: “Our captain (Simon Kjaer) will wear the One Love armband.

I don't know what the consequences will be, we'll see, ”said Christian Eriksen at a press conference.

“We are not silent”

This reaction runs counter to the device of Fifa, itself planned to thwart the initiative "One love".

World football's governing body has released its own armbands.

“Each match day will thus be accompanied by a dedicated campaign,” the organization said.

Ecology, child protection, fight against discrimination and each time, an armband adapted to these themes.

But the Danish federation (DBU) has therefore chosen to remain faithful to “One love”.

“That has always been our intention.

We had already done it in our two games against Croatia and France in the League of Nations.

After discussions with other federations, including England, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, we have decided to wear this armband,” confirmed Peter Moller.

Asked about potential sanctions, the DBU director used his allies as shields.

"The Netherlands, England and Wales play ahead of us, so we'll see what happens.

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The Danish commitment does not stop there.

“There are different ways of doing things.

Yes, I could wear a T-shirt, but there's also behind-the-scenes work that you don't see.

We are not silent, said coach Kasper Hjulmand.

Putting “more young, more progressive and more diverse people in the governing bodies of football, and indeed in the sport as a whole” would make a difference, he said.

Faded logo and black jersey

The government and the Danish royal family will not send any official representatives to the opening ceremony of the World Cup.

The families of the players will also stay at home.

"We don't want Qatar to make a profit" from the visits, a spokesman for the federation said.

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Finally, if the Scandinavians are forced to leave their pro-human rights tunics in the locker room, the equipment supplier Hummel managed to blur its logos from the Danish shirts and released a third jersey entirely black.

"We do not want to be visible during a tournament that has cost the lives of thousands of people," said the brand.

During Euro 2021, the Danish Dynamite stood out for the game offered and surprising results.

A year and a half later, they shine with their commitment but are above all motivated by football.

See you next Tuesday against Tunisia, before finding the Blues on Saturday.

At the end of September, the men of Hjulmand had tamed the France team (2-0).

Kjaer's bicep already sported the 'One love' armband.