Various sources say Hungary‘s Prime Minister Viktor Orban won‘t attend tonight’s Germany-Hungary game. Orban would have faced a sea of rainbow flags. Around 11,000 to be distributed among 🇩🇪 fans although UEFA denied permission for the stadium to be lit up in rainbow colours.
While UEFA turned down the request to illuminate the Arena in this way, city officials will light up the Olympic tower instead as well as the Rathaus (town hall) in the Marienplatz. Bayern München president Herbert Hainer says he disagrees with UEFA‘s stance.
Other clubs in other cities such as Eintracht Frankfurt and Köln will light up their stadia tonight in rainbow colours.
Bild says Orban was to have flown in 2.5 hours before KO but has cancelled.
Bundestrainer Joachim Löw: “Personally I would have been very happy if the stadium had been lit up, had the lights been switched on. But even with such symbols, it’s important to live these values.”
Bundestrainer Joachim Löw: “Personally I would have been very happy if the stadium had been lit up, had the lights been switched on. But even with such symbols, it’s important to live these values.”
Reports from Hungary indicate Orban‘s party Fidesz has plans to light up stadia in colours of the Hungarian flag.
Mats Hummels unequivocal in his support for the rainbow: “I am absolutely a friend of sending messages like this to the world.”
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