The Women’s European Football Championship is held in England.
Men’s World Cup in Qatar.
– If it was a women’s restroom, I know we wouldn’t play. No one agreed, says Olivia Shoof.
This winter the World Cup will be held for the first time in the Arab world. Cucumber Qatar As the host country is controversial and many countries have protested the decision.
Sweden’s women’s team, which is currently in charge of this summer’s European soccer championship, is highly critical of the fact that FIFA has chosen to allow Qatar to stage the men’s World Cup this winter, given the country’s human rights view.
– It’s very special to play there. “I think it’s absolutely crazy to be placed in Qatar when you know the conditions in that country are so strict,” says Natalie Bjorn.
– How it all went … It is very terrible how they treated those who worked there. Human rights do not work at all as they should. If you ask me, I’d never go there, says Olivia Shoof.
‘Nobody agreed to it’
Fridolina Rulfo, every day in Barcelona, believes that the players who will play the tournament must take a stand.
– I would definitely take a stand and say what I think and think, if I were someone who would have participated in that tournament, says Barcelona star Fridolina Rulfo.
The Norway men’s national team is one of the national teams that has taken a stand and has clearly distinguished against the World Cup that is being held in Qatar. They did this by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the text “Human rights on and off the pitch” during the World Cup qualifiers. Something the Swedish national team did not do. Rather, Blue-Yellow wanted to point out that it was important to highlight issues of misconduct in the host country.
This prompted Sweden’s Chelsea captain Magdalena Ericsson to invite more male players to use their podiums and take a stand. The midfielder previously said that it is impossible for her to go to Qatar because homosexuality is illegal. Which means that many Swedish players would not have wanted to play if the Women’s World Cup had been arranged there.
– No, I didn’t have it, says Natalie Bjorn.
why not?
You should not confuse football with politics, but it is clear that somewhere you know yourself what your values are. I don’t think our national team would have felt comfortable playing there. Not with the rules that country has.
Supported by Olivia Shaw who goes one step further.
– If it was a women’s restroom, I know we wouldn’t play. Nobody agreed. As we’ve talked about it, I can’t see anyone defending that.