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Maya Yoshida: "Everybody needs to work together"

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05 April 2022

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Maya Yoshida: "Everybody needs to work together"

05 April 2022

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In 2021, fans made discriminatory gestures towards Japan captain Maya Yoshida during a post-match interview.

Never underestimate the human impact of discrimination. For Maya, #ItsPersonal.

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Maya Yoshida: "Everybody needs to work together"

Maya Yoshida: "Everybody needs to work together"

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Giorgio Chiellini: "We must no longer pretend that racism doesn’t exist in our society"

Racism and cultural sensitivity in football

Jess Fishlock: "I know who I am, and I love who I am, and that makes it a lot easier to be myself"

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