“We’re right here to turn into world champions,” Van Gaal stated at his pre-match press convention. AP
Doha: Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has confirmed his group is not going to mirror Germany’s mouth-covering protest earlier than their second World Cup group sport towards Ecuador on Friday.
Germany carried out the gesture throughout their group photograph previous to Wednesday’s shock 2-1 defeat towards Japan.
The German protest got here after they have been pressured to desert plans for skipper Manuel Neuer to put on a rainbow-themed “OneLove” armband following threats of on-field disciplinary motion by FIFA.
Captains of a number of European nations had initially hoped to put on the rainbow armbands, which had been seen as a symbolic protest towards legal guidelines in World Cup host nation Qatar, the place homosexuality is prohibited.
The Dutch camp has stated they won’t talk about any points aside from soccer since they invited a bunch of migrant employees to a coaching session at their base in Doha final week.
And Van Gaal doubled down on that call forward of a Group A conflict in Doha between two groups who each gained their opening matches on the match.
“We’re right here to turn into world champions,” Van Gaal stated at his pre-match press convention.
Netherlands full-back Denzel Dumfries added: “Final Thursday we welcomed the migrant employees. It was an exquisite night for them and us.
“We’ve made statements however we got here to Qatar to play, and that’s what we’re specializing in. We’ve stated what we have to say however any longer we have to consider enjoying soccer.”
Van Gaal had stated on the eve of the match that he had “no drawback” with supporters within the Netherlands who selected to boycott the World Cup attributable to their views on human rights points in Qatar.
Nevertheless, he additionally stated he hoped his gamers would carry out nicely sufficient to influence followers to tune into their video games.
“Within the Netherlands for a very long time it has been about human rights and maybe rightly so, but additionally perhaps not rightly so,” Van Gaal added.
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