Harry Kane wants to try and “kick out all inequalities” after it was announced he would wear a rainbow captain’s armband for England’s Euro 2020 last-16 clash with Germany at Wembley.
The England skipper’s opposite number, Manuel Neuer, has worn the armband in every match his side have played in June in honour of Pride Month.
The Germany goalkeeper first wore the rainbow armband against Latvia on June 7 and then during his country’s three group matches against France, Portugal and Hungary.
Kane will now follow suit as England aim to show solidarity with their old rivals.
“Neuer and Germany themselves have been big on promoting that,” he said.
But what seemed like a positive gesture was met with derision by, yep that man again, Laurence Fox.
It left many to wonder how much he really knows about the beautiful game, as the World Cup is still taking place next winter in Qatar.
May spotted the mistake on twitter.
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Fox did eventually delete the tweet and replaced it with another tweet, this time asking when Pride month is in Qatar.
There is a fair point about Qatar’s LGBTQ+ discrimination, and labour problems and a whole other host of issues.
However, it was confirmed that Qatar would allow for rainbow flags to be displayed at the stadiums during the World Cup, despite their strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
Sadly during this current Euros tournament the Pride flag has been a source of controversy.
Officials in Munich had asked for the Allianz Arena to display the rainbow colours for Germany’s group game with Hungary in opposition to oppressive homophobic laws imposed by the Hungarian government, but Uefa blocked the request, using political grounds as their excuse.
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