How to confess that you are gay
During these days (and with all the reason in the world) there has been talk that, in the League, we have a problem with racism in the stands. But here I wanted to extend it to the pitch, to the players, to talk about the attitude of the soccer players in the national championship when it comes to making a brave gesture for civil rights. To be exemplary in that. also in that. Especially in that.
Seeing what was seen with racism in the League, what would he not listen to and what would they not say to one of the stars
s of the tournament in the Spanish soccer fields
if she announced tomorrow that she is homosexual
. They wouldn't yell at Lewandowski if he had taken that step, let's fabulate, and then scored three goals and celebrated however he wanted. Or Morata, after coming out of the closet and facing a rival. Or Vinicius himself, if in addition to being black he was gay.
The problem is also on the pitch, he said, and not just in the stands. We have all seen our clubs in certain international matches. British teams taking a knee before the match in support of the anti-racism movement
Black Lives Matter
… in front of the impassive gaze of the Spanish. Everybody stand up.
In the World Cup in Qatar (and unlike other teams) not one of our teams made a gesture
. Not in favor of sexual diversity. Not in defense of women's rights. Nor for the workers exploited in the construction of the stadiums. Nothing.
And then there is the Euro Cup played in 2021, where Spain left in the semifinals.. but she proclaimed herself champion of the worst.
The title was given by the Twitter account
The Not-Kneeling Championship
, who organized the
No Kneeling Championship.
Thus, the account was collecting throughout the tournament the statistics of the teams that made the anti-racist gesture or not. In the No Kneeling Championship, the rules were simple.. The team that did not make the gesture achieved three points per game. A point for the selection in which some players did. Zero for the squad that fully complied with the message of racial equality.
The European Championship was over and there was the data. England and Wales were the only ones to comply with the protest in every match and, because of that solidarity crime, they finished last. Belgium came in third from last. Teams like Germany or Italy only knelt on occasion.
The players of Spain -champion of that embarrassing tournament- did not kneel even once.
The players of Spain -champion of that embarrassing tournament- did not kneel even once.