JAKARTA - The German national team players made an action that stole the show before the match against Japan in their inaugural match at the 2022 World Cup, Wednesday, November 23, 2022.
During the team photo session, German players posed compactly by covering their mouths. Allegedly, this is a form of policy protest that prohibits their captain from using rainbow tires.
In Der Panzer's official Twitter account, they explained from the silence action.
"Human rights cannot be negotiated. It must just be accepted. That's why this message is so important to us. Rejecting our captain's armband is tantamount to refusing us to speak up," tweeted the German national team's official account.
"We want to use our captain's armbands to maintain the values we carry out in the German national team, diversity and mutual respect. Together with other nations, we want our voices to be heard," the statement continued.
We wanted to use our captain’s armband to take a stand for values that we hold in the Germany national team: diversity and mutual respect. Together with other nations, we wanted our voice to be heard.
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) November 23, 2022
This statement also received mixed reactions from netizens. There are those who support this action, but not a few have who insinuate Manuel Neuer and his friends.
Some say this action was the reason Germany lost 1-2 to Japan in that match. The reason is, Hansi Flick's team did not focus on playing football.
"That's the result if you don't focus on playing football," said one netizen.
"You are entitled to this defeat. Next time, you have to focus on what your goal is to Qatar," said another.
While other netizens mentioned, "Focus on football. That's how you won four World Cups, this team is really exciting Lahm, Kroos and others."
Not only scathing satire, this meme that made fun of Germany's action was milling about on social media. The meaning is the same, Japan won because it thought about football, while Germany actually thought about other things.
Japan 🇯🇵 2 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/GBM1CLYTzw
— عادل المالكي (@Adel1401Saud) November 23, 2022
punten ngiring ngalangkung pic.twitter.com/mwqucaLSiW
— sunda struggle ̶t̶w̶t̶ (@sundastruggle) November 23, 2022
punten ngiring ngalangkung pic.twitter.com/mwqucaLSiW
— sunda struggle ̶t̶w̶t̶ (@sundastruggle) November 23, 2022
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