The case caused a stir at the start of the FIFA World Cup.
The captains of seven European teams (England, Wales, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands and Denmark) wanted to wear the colorful 'One Love' armband.
A symbol of the fight against discrimination, in particular against LGBTQ+ people, particularly stigmatized in Qatar, host country of the World Cup.
Fifa banned this initiative.
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Among these countries, there was not France.
She was even in the opposite camp.
Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, gave the dots on the i's for the famous armband.
“
I was one of the leaders so that there was not this armband
”, insists Le Graët in an interview with Figaro carried out in Doha.
The president of the FFF even addressed a spade to the countries (Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Wales) which wished to address these subjects and which did not pass the 1st round.
“
Three or four countries, still from Western Europe, wanted it.
Moreover, most of them are no longer in the running…
” Le Graët also denies any hypocrisy about the fact that amateur clubs have been invited to wear the One Love armband in France.
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