Qatari TV channel brutally mocks Germany after shock exit from World Cup; WATCH

German national team suffered a shock exit from group st of ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar despite ir 4-2 triumph against Costa Rica on Friday. Earlier, Germany h lost ir opening match of tournament against Asian giants Japan, which hampered ir chances of qualifying for Round of 16. On Friday, when Japan beat Spain in ir final group st match, y spoiled Germany's hopes of qualification.

While reporting on Germany's exit from ongoing World Cup, a Qatari TV channel brutally mocked European side by covering ir mouths and waving goodbye. It came in response to German players covering ir mouths in ir opening match against Japan to protest against FIFA ban on 'One Love' armbands.

European teams were due to wear rainbow-med armbands to show support for LGBTQ+ community. However, a day before tournament was slated to begin, FIFA imposed a ban on armbands as homosexuality is illegal in Qatar. 

Germany's protest against FIFA's ban

German players were seen covering ir mouths in ir first match against Japan to protest against FIFA ban. This angered a lot of people in Qatar, who saw this as an insult to ir cultural beliefs. During Germany's second match of World Cup against Spain, Qatari fans called out European nation's hypocrisy by raising posters of former German player Mesut Ozil and covering ir mouths. tably, Ozil h accused German FA of racism in 2018. 

Germany mand to pick a 4-2 win over Costa Rica, but it wasn’t eugh to take m through to Round of 16 as Japan found mselves at top of points table with six points, while Spain finished second with a win, a draw, a loss, and four points to ir credit.

While Germany also scored four points in ir campaign, Spain went on to become second team to qualify from Group E as y h a goal difference of 6, which was five more than that of German side.

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