He wasn’t in the mood for that at all!
A video of Antonio Rüdiger (30) arriving at the team hotel in Frankfurt appeared on the Internet. The DFB players flew to Boston in the USA on Monday at 1:25 p.m., will meet the American team on Saturday and Mexico on Wednesday.
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In the short clip you can see fans asking Rüdiger for signatures in front of the hotel. However, when a supporter held out a photo of the start of the World Cup against Japan (1:2) with a mouth-to-mouth gesture, he said: “I won’t sign that.”
What’s behind it?
During the Japan bankruptcy, the DFB team wanted to take a stand against the ban on the “One Love” captain’s armband. The armband was intended to be a symbol of diversity, openness and tolerance, but was banned by FIFA.
Video of DFB star surfaced Was he against the “close your mouth” gesture?
Source: BILD/TikTok@geldmrfifa October 9, 2023
At the time, the national team declared: “Forbidding us to wear armbands is like forbidding our mouths. Our stance stands.”
But: Not every player in the World Cup squad was in favor of the mouth-to-mouth gesture. Rüdiger even spoke out internally against the gesture. It’s possible that’s why he didn’t want to sign the picture…
2023-10-09 20:49:48
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