Van Dijk and the banned captain's armband: "In the next few days we'll see if we can do something differently"

Netherlands defender and captain Virgil van Dijk returned to the day's theme after the victory over Senegal, namely FIFA's ban on wearing a rainbow flag armband with One Love written in support of the LGBTQ+ community:

"I'm in a position where a yellow card isn't very useful, obviously I support the political statement behind that armband, but in the end I became a footballer to play these types of tournaments. Today the discussion was all about that and it was a annoying, above all because there are people who say we don't have a backbone, but that's not how it works - concludes the Dutchman as reported by VI.nl We want to play football and in the next few days we will see how we can do something in a different way".