La FIFA continues to launch her crusade to ban any type of symbol outside of her control in the clothing of the selections. After the veto of the rainbow bracelet that seven teams intended to wear, among which was not Spain, the body that governs world football formally banned Belgium wear the word ‘love’ on his second kit.
In that outfit, inspired by the iconic electronic music festival Tomorrowlanddetails with the different colors of the rainbow can be seen, in addition to the word ‘love’ on a label located at the height of the neck, both inside and outside. Last September, those responsible for the Belgian Football Federation they underlined that the design of the shirt was inspired by the famous fireworks of the Tomorrowland music festival, iconic in Belgium, and represented the “common values of diversity, equality and inclusion”.
The 32 teams competing in the World Cup had to apply for the go-ahead from FIFA for the designs and colors of three contrasting kits before the tournament. Now, two months later, the same Federation explained that this mention “would generate problems for FIFA”, so that “it would be enough to remove that word for the jersey to be validated by the organization”. However, and hiding behind the fact that during the first three games they will wear their first kit, Belgium chose not to share their decision on the matter, dealing with the situation if necessary.
“We would have to avoid this for business reasonsdue to the reference to Tomorrowland”, they indicated this Monday, while the organizers of the World Cup chose not to make statements in this regard.
I veto the LGTBI bracelet
The veto on the Belgian shirt came the same day that FIFA threatened the teams that wanted to wear the LGTBI bracelet with taking their captains yellow. Two months after they formally requested, the formal response came with the tournament already started.
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The English captain, Harry Kane, I was going to be the one who opened the ban this noon against Iran. This was made clear by himself during his previous appearance on Sunday, with the support of his coach. “We cannot put our players in the situation of being booked or even sent off”lamented the English Federation in a statement.