“Don’t leave your flags behind,” Top Qatari sports journalist slams Germany following their elimination from the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Germany's flag and their players.
Yesterday on an exciting night in Qatar, Japan beat Spain 2-1 and went straight to the round of 16 stage of the ongoing FIFA World Cup emerging as the first-placed side of Group E. Spain occupied second place by having a better goal difference compared to Germany who beat Costa Rica as well in a must-win encounter by 4-2 but it wasn’t enough to take them to the next stage.
Referring to this sad end for Germany, some of the Qatari pundits and people have started bashing and trolling them about their gestures and statements made during their first FIFA World Cup match against Japan. Germany decided to put their hands over their mouths referring to being shut by FIFA on their protest of human rights and LGBTQI+ views of the host country Qatar.
Germany was one among the seven European teams that faced criticism and pressure from the sporting sanctions if they would go on to wear the rainbow armband that symbolizes diversity and tolerance. And Qatari fans despite their team losing three matches had a moment to cheer about when Germany got eliminated from the tournament.
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What did Qatari journalists do after Germany’s sad end to the tournament?
A Qatari sports journalist, Mohammed Al-Kaabi who is followed throughout the entire country tweeted a photo of the German gesture with the caption, “Don’t leave your flags behind.” Fans have since then retweeted this tweet a lot of times and have made it viral throughout the world.
German fans hit back at him with one saying, “Making jokes about Germany team does not put you in a better place, neither your national team, which was a shame globally nor your country censuring tourists and their cultures. If you plan a multinational event, you should be prepared to receive people not use to censorship.”
Soumyadeep Mondal
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