During Germany's opening World Cup match against Japan, the team covered their mouths with their right hand in their team photo.
This is seen as a rebuke of FIFA's warning that players would be punished if they wore armbands to protest discrimination in Qatar.
The armbands were to be worn as a symbol for inclusion and diversity in response to Qatar's human rights record and laws criminalizing homosexuality.
The seven European federations, including Germany's, had planned to wear the armbands.
During Germany's opening World Cup match, the team covered their mouths with their right hand during their team photo as a response to FIFA's warning that players would be penalized if they wore "One Love" armbands to protest discrimination in Qatar.
According to The Independent, the team covered their mouths "in an apparent rebuke" of FIFA's decision.
The AP News also reported on the team's protest, stating that they covered their mouths "in an apparent rebuke" of FIFA's clampdown on the armbands.
Both sources mentioned the armbands were a symbol for inclusion and diversity in response to Qatar's human rights record and laws criminalizing homosexuality.
The sources also discussed how the seven European federations, including Germany's, had planned to wear the armbands before FIFA warned against it.