One-Love bandage: ZDF commentator Neumann with a clear statement

Created: 2022-11-22 04:57

By: Sascha Mehr, Tobias Utz

The situation around the World Cup in Qatar at a glance: the news ticker on Monday, November 21st.

• On Sunday (November 20th) the controversial World Cup 2022 in Qatar was opened.

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ZDF commentator Claudia Neumann made a brave statement in the debate about the banned “One Love” bandage at the World Cup in Qatar.

The 58-year-old sat in the press box for Monday night's match between USA and Wales at Al-Rajjan's Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, wearing a black T-shirt with a rainbow heart printed on it.

She also wore a colorful bandage on her arm, also in the colors that stand for diversity and tolerance.

“Welcome to the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium for game three on day two of the tournament.

It could have been a legendary, proud World Cup day, but let's all spend it discussing the expressions of solidarity that we saw at one point.

Namely today with the Iran team,” said Neumann at the microphone.

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Allegedly for commercial reasons, the world association FIFA has banned the away jerseys of the Belgian national football team at the World Cup finals in Qatar.

The word "Love" can be seen on the jersey collar.

This is the name of the collection that FIFA main sponsor adidas created together with Tomorrowland.

However, the electronic music festival of the same name is not one of the supporters of the World Cup.

The national team of Belgium is preparing for the finals of the World Cup.

© Virginie Lefour/dpa

"It's sad, but FIFA doesn't give us a choice.

The rest of the kit remains unchanged," Belgian FA president Peter Bossaert told Het Niewsblad newspaper.

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Sporting sanctions such as a yellow card for wearing a non-compliant bandage are not clearly covered by the FIFA statutes.

In any case, the referee experts from "Collinas Erben" are of the opinion that there should be no mathematical basis for such a decision.

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In the end, the risk was too high for the associations.

"We don't want the conflict, which we undoubtedly have, to be played out on the backs of the players.

We stand by our values,” said Neuendorf.

Bierhoff reported that it was also “a difficult situation for Neuer.

We both went to bed convinced that we could wear the bandage during the game.” The DFB captain was “of course disappointed”.

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Many fans apparently missed England’s goal spectacle against Iran, even though they had tickets for the game.

This was apparently due to the FIFA ticket app.

A number of England fans found before kick-off that their e-tickets had suddenly disappeared from their mobile phones and they were unable to enter.

In a brief statement, FIFA said: "Some viewers are currently experiencing an issue accessing their tickets via the Fifa Ticketing App," it said.

England won the game against Iran 6-2.

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The SPD member of the Bundestag Johannes Schätzl has called for the German national team to withdraw from the 2022 World Cup.

"This pad was already the lowest common denominator," he tweeted after FIFA's decision to ban the pad.

“If you are no longer allowed to wear them without sporting consequences, Germany should leave the tournament.

And today!” SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert also expressed his dismay.

"Fifa is simply a disgrace that takes people's joy out of sport, restricts athletes' freedom of expression and stabs people in the back in Qatar," said Kühnert at the end of a press conference

Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka: Here the DFB captain wears the One Love bandage.

© Markus Ulmer / Ulmer / Imago Images

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In addition to numerous fans (see update from 3 p.m.), ex-national player Thomas Hitzlsperger also reacted to the FIFA ban on one-love bindings.

"How pathetic!" he wrote on Twitter.

"How about rainbow shoelaces?" he also suggested.

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The reactions in the social networks to the FIFA ban on the One Love bandage have so far been unequivocal.

Numerous fans condemned the action.

However, the DFB was also sharply criticized.

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DFB President Bernd Neuendorf has sharply criticized Qatar for banning the One Love bandage at the 2022 World Cup.

"It is a demonstration of power by Fifa," he said at a press conference on Monday afternoon.

The DFB did not want to carry this process out on the backs of the players, explained Neuendorf: "It wasn't a question of faith, it was a clear threat," he said again in the direction of Fifa.

Neuendorf referred this primarily to the threatened sanctions at the World Cup.

DFB director Oliver Bierhoff also commented on this.

“Fifa's behavior is frustrating.

It feels a lot like censorship,” says Bierhoff.

"You can take the bandage from us, but not our values." Bierhoff also emphasized that Manuel was "very disappointed" that he was not allowed to wear the One Love bandage.

DFB President Bernd Neuendorf at a press conference.

(Archive photo) © Federico Gambarini / dpa

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The DFB has now commented on the ban on one-love pads at the World Cup in Qatar.

“We are witnessing an unprecedented event in World Cup history.

We will not carry out the confrontation brought about by Fifa on Manuel Neuer's back," said DFB President Bernd Neuendorf.

The association also announced that fines would have been accepted.

"However, we cannot put our players in a situation where they are warned or even forced to leave the field." The DFB is "very frustrated with the Fifa decision".

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FIFA justified the ban on the “One Love” captain’s armband with the World Cup regulations recognized by all participants.

In a statement, the association explicitly emphasized Article 13.8.1 of the Equipment Rules: "For Fifa finals, the captain of each team must wear an armband provided by Fifa." follow all known rules.

News about the 2022 World Cup: One-Love ties banned – FIFA threatens sanctions

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Germany, England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland have instructed their team captains not to wear the One Love bandage at the World Cup in Qatar.

“Fifa has made it very clear that if our captains wear the armbands on the pitch, they will impose sporting sanctions.

As national federations, we cannot put our players in a situation where they face sporting sanctions, including dismissals.

That's why we asked the captains not to wear the armbands at World Cup games," the associations said in a joint statement, as reported by the

.

"The fact that Fifa wants to punish us on the pitch is unique and goes against the spirit of sport, which unites millions," says the Dutch association KNVB.

“We stand by the 'One Love' message and will continue to spread it, but our number one priority is winning games.

You don't want the captain to start the game with a yellow card."

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The opening game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was significantly less interested in people in Germany than the first game of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

On average, 6.209 million people watched the game between hosts Qatar and Ecuador (0:2) on

, as calculated by "AGF Videoforschung".

Four years earlier,

 an average of 10.01 million viewers had watched the opening match between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia (5-0) on

The difference in market share was also clear.

On Sunday it was 28.2 percent.

In 2018 it was 52.0 percent on a Thursday.

Both games kicked off in the afternoon. 

News about the 2022 World Cup: USA and England backing out of one-love ties?

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Shortly before the first game of the English national team there is excitement about the One Love captain’s armband.

There are fears of "sporting sanctions", such as a yellow card for captain Harry Kane, who was supposed to wear the captain's armband on Monday, according to media reports, a few hours before kick-off.

Association boss Mark Bullingham spoke in a radio interview of a dynamic situation.

Wales, which meets the USA on Monday evening, could also withdraw at short notice after the threat of sanctions

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Here you see England against Iran

Here you see Wales against USA

News about the 2022 World Cup: Commentator Fuss almost missed the opening game

Update from Monday, November 21, 9:00 a.m.:

Commentator Wolff-Christoph Fuss almost missed the start of transmission of the World Cup opening game between Qatar and Ecuador on Sunday.

"The bus driver didn't know the way," explained Fuss at the beginning of the TV broadcast.

Fuss got involved with part of the

-Crew found in a bus in front of the gates of the arena long before kick-off.

“He then went 5 kilometers in the wrong direction and we suddenly found ourselves in a parking lot in the desert.

Then the police came.

That was the moment when I knew that the opening ceremony could be tight,” said the journalist.

Fuss only arrived at the stadium during the World Cup opening ceremony.

He then explained with amusement: "When Morgan Freeman came, we marched in here by the sweat of our brow".

News about the 2022 World Cup: chaos at the fan festival in Doha

First report from Monday, November 21, 8:15 a.m .:

Doha – At the fan festival in the Qatari capital Doha, there were chaotic scenes on Sunday (November 20), according to reports from news agencies.

Access to al-Bidda Park was closed just before the kick-off of the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador.

The local police said afterwards that the rush was too big, the police said.

news agency

, tens of thousands crowded into the venue.

Accredited media representatives were also denied access at this point.

The site can accommodate 40,000 people.

news agency

reports that twice as many tried to get in.

(smr/tu with dpa/AFP)