Solidarity for Floyd: FIFA calls for impunity

Although sanctioning players is the responsibility of the respective competition organizers, they should exercise “common sense” and take the circumstances into account, FIFA said in a statement on Tuesday.

The world football association “fully understands the deep feelings and concerns that many footballers have expressed in view of the tragic circumstances of the George Floyd case,” the statement continued. Several actions in the Bundesliga At the weekend, several professionals took part in games in the German Bundesliga to draw attention to the death of Floyd, who died last week as a result of a brutal police operation in Minneapolis. Weston McKennie from Schalke 04 showed outrage and sympathy on an armband, Mönchengladbach's Marcus Thuram symbolically went to his knees.

Schalke's Weston McKennie wore an armband with the slogan “Justice for George”. © APA/afp / BERND THISSEN

Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi called for "Justice for George Floyd" on T-shirts, Cologne's Anthony Modeste celebrated his goal by demonstratively showing the light inside of his right hand and the dark outside of his left hand next to each other .

DFB President Fritz Keller expressed understanding and “great respect” for this. According to the statutes of the German Football Association, such actions are prohibited. The DFB rules state, among other things, that players are not allowed to show underwear with “political, religious or personal slogans”. In this way, the two Dortmund professionals expressed their protest. DFB announced review The DFB announced that the control committee would deal with it. “It remains to be seen whether sanctions will have to be imposed in these cases,” said DFB Vice President Rainer Koch on Monday evening. The review by the control committee is about “determining whether the game and the playing field are the right place for these actions”.

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Solidarity for Floyd: FIFA calls for impunity

FIFA wants solidarity gestures by footballers in connection with the death of the dark-skinned American George Floyd to remain unpunished.

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