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  • 2022-05-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Denmark Versus Netherlands Football Match, Both Teams Wear Ukraine... (en)
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  • Denmark Versus Netherlands Football Match, Both Teams Wear Ukraine Jerseys Claim May 2022 photos show football teams from Denmark and the Netherlands both wearing Ukraine jerseys. Rating Decontextualized Like this fact check? Reporting On May 18 2022, an Imgur user shared a post that purportedly depicted a football match between teams from Denmark and the Netherlands — with both sides in Ukraine jerseys. The post was titled Denmark plays with Netherlands :). F#ck ruZZia, and two images were shown along to it. Both appeared to be screen captures from video footage, and neither image matched any results in reverse image search: Tags underneath the post included Ukraine, news, current events, fuckputin, and standwithukraine. Its top comment read: Ukraine wins However, a Twitter search on May 19 2022 returned no content referencing a recent football match involving Denmark and the Netherlands; typically, football matches generate a lot of discussioon on social media platforms. Another Imgur commenter suggested that the images were not recent, and critiqued the original poster’s use of a current events tag: That was almost 2 months ago, so ... current events? Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die A broader search led to a Sky Sports live commentary page , describing a football match in March 2022: Netherlands vs Denmark. International Match. 7:45pm, Saturday 26th March 2022. A March 26 2022 tweet from the Netherlands’ ambassador to Belgium (PJ Kleiweg) featured similar images, describing a friendly [football] match between The Netherlands and Denmark: Friendly ⚽️ match between The Netherlands and Denmark. Players wear the shirt of Ukraine when singing the national anthems. And captains wear the Ukrainian flag on their arm. 🇳🇱🇩🇰🇺🇦 #WeStandWithUkraine #WeSupportUkraine #StandWithUkraine️ #UkraineUnderAttaсk #NEDDEN pic.twitter.com/mKy87y8PB5 — PJ Kleiweg (@PJKleiweg) March 26, 2022 Kleiweg said that the Players [wore] the shirt of Ukraine when singing the national anthem, and captains wear the Ukrainian flag on their arm. A March 26 2022 Getty Images entry (Netherlands v Denmark – International Friendly) included a caption noting that the players shirts reflected the colors of the Ukrainian flag: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – MARCH 26: . Players of the Netherlands and Denmark wear a T-shirt in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. during the international friendly match between Netherlands and Denmark at Johan Cruijff Arena on March 26, 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Michael Bulder/NESImages/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) As the caption indicated, the players shirts matched the Ukrainian flag’s colors. Tweets with images or footage from the teams’ official accounts suggested that players changed into standard team attire for the match itself: Helloooooo, 2022! 😍 ⚽️ ⇝ @StevenBergwijn ⚽️ ⇝ @NathanAke ⚽️ ⇝ @Memphis ⚽️ ⇝ @StevenBergwijn ☕️ Full highlights: https://t.co/KlglRXigFh . #NEDDEN pic.twitter.com/KDKqublGan — OnsOranje (@OnsOranje) March 27, 2022 Entertaining friendly, 4-2 win ☺️ @BlindDaley & Berghuis played 90 minutes. #NEDDEN pic.twitter.com/ZTs2wSYaly — AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) March 26, 2022 A popular May 18 2022 Imgur post suggested that players in a Denmark-Netherlands friendly football match swapped jerseys to show support for Ukraine. The images were legitimate, showing a coordinated show of support for Ukraine by the two teams before a match. The match itself was nearly two months before, on March 26 2022. Images from the match showed players wearing standard game attire, suggesting that the Ukraine jerseys were worn briefly before the game started. Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged denmark , denmark netherlands ukraine , imgur , russia invades ukraine , the netherlands , ukraine jersey , viral images (en)
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