Israel and Poland’s under-21 national soccer teams played a match on Friday, but its start was interesting.
No one played for the first minute of the game.
They remained in their starting positions, responding to the Union of European Football Associations’ decision not to hold a moment of silence for the Israelis massacred in the October 7 attacks committed by Hamas.
It’s not a good look for UEFA, but the players found a workaround: UEFA refused to organize a minute of silence before the start of the match between #Israel and Poland (under-21 team).
In response, the two teams decided not to play the first minute of the match and observe a minute of silence in homage to the victims of October 7.