England and Wales captains Harry Kane and Gareth Bale made a ‘mistake’ by backing down over wearing one love armbands in their opening games of the World Cup in Qatar, according to former Nottingham Forest man Roy Keane.
Plans for seven European nations to wear the armband, which includes the rainbow symbol in order to promote diversity and inclusivity, were originally made in September. But the nations were warned by FIFA just days before the first games that the captains would face sporting sanctions should they wear the symbol as planned.
The threat of the captains being shown an instant yellow card, or even facing match suspensions, for wearing the armband, led to the seven associations to step down. "FIFA has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," they said in a joint statement ahead of Monday’s games.
