The information comes lower than 24 hours after it had first emerged that FIFA threatened on-field punishment for gamers of England FA and 6 different European FA’s if their captains wore the armbands in help of the “One Love” marketing campaign as a substitute of the FIFA authorized ‘No Discrimation’ armband for matchday one.

No participant had the “One Love” armbands Monday, though England’s Harry Kane wore the FIFA-approved “No Discrimination” armband that was supplied as a compromise within the match with Iran.

The captains of seven European nations had vowed to put on armbands carrying the heart-shaped, multicolored emblem of the “One Love” marketing campaign, which promotes inclusion and variety in soccer and society. That arrange the prospect of worldwide viewers seeing a logo of disapproval with the host nation and defiance of FIFA on the arms of Kane, the Netherlands’ Virgil van Dijk and Wales’ Gareth Bale on Monday.

“As national federations, we can’t put our players in a position where they could face sporting sanctions, including bookings,” the seven soccer federations mentioned in a joint assertion, referring to the yellow playing cards.

The international gamers’ union FIFPRO referred to as the FIFA transfer “disappointing.”

“Players must have a right to express their support for human rights on and off the field of play and we will support any of them who will use their own platforms to do so,” the union mentioned. “We maintain that a rainbow flag is not a political statement but an endorsement of equality and thus a universal human right.”