Despite the lead, Germany lost the first game against Japan with a score of 1: 2. On the pitch, the German footballers seemed sluggish, but off the pitch very lively. Their protest against the trampling of human rights in Qatar and against FIFA went around the world
The US Secretary of State said that no one on the soccer field should be forced to choose between supporting LGBT values and playing for their national team, and regarding FIFA's warning that captains should not wear "One love" armbands
For now, football in Germany is under the shadow of criticism due to the trampling of human rights in the Gulf monarchy, which hosts the World Cup. But, when the German national team runs out on the field and the ball flies on Wednesday, few Germans will respond to the call not to watch the broadcasts of the matches in protest.
Will those who claim that they will not watch the matches on television to protest the violation of human rights in Qatar, turn off the heating, because it is very likely that they are heated with gas from Qatar, which has become one of the most important suppliers of this energy to Europe since imposed sanctions on Russia
The FIFA president hit back at critics of the human rights record in Qatar, the host of this year's World Cup. He stated that it is sad that "there is so much hypocrisy"
An official of the Qatar Organizing Committee called homosexuals "spiritually deranged" and said that children should not see them on the streets because it would be harmful to them. Criticism pours in from Europe, and Qatar rejects it as "arrogant and racist"
