Just five of team took knee before Euro 2020 match against Wales, and none will do so against Austria
Italian football players will not take the knee before their team’s Euro 2020 game against Austria at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The decision not to make the symbolic gesture against racism is reportedly aimed at avoiding a repeat of what happened before Italy played Wales in Rome on Sunday, when five Italian players took the knee but others stood.
The Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported that neither Italy nor Austria had notified Uefa that their players would be taking the knee before the match. Enrico Letta, a former Italian prime minister, criticised what happened against Wales. “Watching on Sunday, with all the Wales players kneeling and only [five] of the Italian players doing it, it was not a good image.”
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