Germany posed for their pre-match team photo with all players holding a hand over their mouth before taking on Japan.
The German football federation have revealed that they are considering legal action against FIFA after the governing body warned that 'sporting sanctions' would come as punishment, with players risking a yellow card should they chose to wear them. Suggesting that they feel silenced, every starting Germany player in Hansi Flick's side posed with a clear message for FIFA.
Germany captain Manuel Neuer was set to wear the OneLove armband which FIFA have banned nation captains from wearing and the Bayern Munich star has seemingly abided to the governing body's demands. Harry Kane has admitted that he wanted to still wear the armband, but the English FA intervened and stopped the Three Lions captain from doing so.
