Virgil van Dijk is all about rainbow nation

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Seven countries, including England and Wales, planned to have their captains wear the rainbow-colored "One Love" armband at the World Cup, including the Netherlands.
The band is a part of a year-long campaign, but in Qatar, a nation that criminalizes same-sex partnerships, they put out a particularly important message.

The seven nations abandoned their plans, however, after FIFA, the organization in charge of organizing the tournament, threatened them with sporting sanctions, including yellow cards for the captains, if the bands were worn. Teams were then told to wear a FIFA-approved "no discrimination" band in its place, the Liverpool defender continued.

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"There are some who think we don't have a backbone, but not at the price of receiving a yellow card.
During England's opening victory over Iran on Monday, captain Harry Kane expressed his dismay at not being permitted to wear the band. Teammate Jack Grealish thought it was "a bit silly" that Kane had been disallowed from doing so.

The Football Association had been ready to accept a punishment for the band, but it changed its stance—along with the positions of the other associations—when it became clear that sporting sanctions were a genuine possibility. FIFA has received harsh criticism for the situation. Concerning the claims that rainbow-colored products were seized.

Rainbow colored banners and flags

Inquiries have been made to FIFA and the Supreme Committee, the tournament's organizers, before the tournament, FIFA is believed to have received guarantees from the Qatari government stating that fans would be permitted to sport rainbow-colored attire and carry rainbow-colored banners and flags and yet still nothing.