{"id":76543,"date":"2021-06-07T16:03:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T20:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=76543"},"modified":"2021-06-08T06:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T10:01:43","slug":"some-clubs-individuals-and-fans-not-pandering-to-the-woke-left-ahead-of-euro-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/some-clubs-individuals-and-fans-not-pandering-to-the-woke-left-ahead-of-euro-2020","title":{"rendered":"Some clubs, individuals, and fans not pandering to the &#8220;woke left&#8221; ahead of Euro 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>England says it&#8217;ll kneel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if Sunday was any indication, Croatia will most definitely \u2013 to a man \u2013 stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Croatian football team didn&#39;t kneel before the game vs Belgium yesterday.<br><br>\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CfbmlUaG0y\">pic.twitter.com\/CfbmlUaG0y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Based Croatia (@Based_Croatia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Based_Croatia\/status\/1401837164971843584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It should make for an interesting pre-game moment when both countries clash next Sunday at the biggest international soccer tournament since the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this isn&#8217;t merely a tale of two football clubs, heading into Euro 2020 (last year&#8217;s tournament was postponed due to COVID-19) which kicks off this Friday. Unfortunately, to kneel\/not to kneel is stealing some of the thunder ahead of the tournament, due to Marxist ideologues who continue to push the &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; narrative in all facets of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12016\/12325525\/gareth-southgate-says-england-squad-are-totally-united-in-continuing-to-take-a-knee-at-euro-2020\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday<\/a>, in a Euro 2020 warm-up against Austria at Riverside Stadium in Middlesborough, a large contingent of football fans began to boo as players took a pre-game knee. While England manager Gareth Southgate said his players are &#8220;sick&#8221; of dealing with the fall-out of their decision to take a knee, he also claimed that the club is fully on board with doing so throughout the forthcoming tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Southgate&#8217;s comments had little effect on the fan base as many booed the gesture in Sunday&#8217;s friendly (soccer term for &#8220;exhibition&#8221;) against Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you can\u2019t support your team, why come? \ud83d\ude1e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGROM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ENGROM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lsoav4p6Wg\">pic.twitter.com\/Lsoav4p6Wg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Carrie Brown \ud83d\udc99 (@CarrieBrownTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarrieBrownTV\/status\/1401570999938785281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To that, there may have been a smattering of cheers for two Romanian players who also chose to remain standing; one of whom was Nicolae Stanciu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanciu has been vocal proponent of defying the Marxist agenda. When asked why he chose not to do so, the Romanian centre-midfielder said he did it &#8220;to show solidarity with (Ondrej) Kudela, my colleague at Slavia. He was suspended for 10 games based on no evidence. I don\u2019t believe kneeling is the solution\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Stanciu and Kudela play for club team Slavia Prague. Kudela was handed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/sports\/europa-league-slavia-pragues-ondrej-kudela-banned-for-10-games-for-racial-abuse-9529021.html\" target=\"_blank\">10-game suspension<\/a> during Europa League play in April for alleged racism towards a black player for Scotland squad Rangers. Kudela has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/why-stanciu-refused-to-kneel-ahead-of-englands-clash-with-romania\/\" target=\"_blank\">vehemently denied<\/a> the \u201cdisgusting accusation\u201d of racist language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This situation has been percolating for a while, but it&#8217;s not known what steps \u2013 if any \u2013 will be taken by authorities or the British government in order to quell any noise that flies in the face of the BLM movement. A spokesperson for Boris Johnson said the Prime Minister backs Team England, and that he \u201cfully respects\u201d their right to \u201cmake their feelings known&#8230; I would want all England fans to be respectful in any football match and (to respect) the right of those who want to peacefully protest in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 13th, Wilfried Zaha \u2013 a star attacker for Crystal Palace in the Premiere League (England&#8217;s top club league) \u2013 became<a href=\"https:\/\/panafricanfootball.com\/2021\/03\/14\/zaha-becomes-first-psl-player-not-to-take-the-knee\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the first player in the Premier League to not take the knee<\/a>. The 27-year old from the Ivory Coast (Zaha had represented England internationally from 2011 to 2013) explained, &#8220;As a society, I feel we should be encouraging better education in schools, and social media companies should be taking stronger action against people who abuse others online \u2013 not just footballers&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a February &#8220;On the Judy&#8221; podcast appearance, Zaha was very colourful in his condemnation of the Black Lives Matter movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#OnTheJudy - &#039;Why must I kneel to show you that black people matter!&#039; - Wilfried Zaha S1 E6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzYz5yzXCIo?start=3043&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest soccer tournament in the world begins June 11th. 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