The teams take knee before the Euro 2020 championship group D match between England and Scotland at Wembley stadium in London on June 18. — AP
IMAGINE a scenario where players are being booed for making gestures that contain a political statement, but when play resumes and the players clinch stunning successes, spectators in the same gallery go wild in celebrations.
This is what we have been witnessing in the United Kingdom for quite some time, as footballers (taking the cue from sportspeople in the United States) started "taking a knee" since last year to highlight racial injustices and show support to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
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