Politics found its way to the football field on Saturday as Schalke's American player Weston McKennie weighed in on <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/justice-for-george-floyd-us-cities-rocked-by-protests-over-custody-death-of-black-man-in-minneapolis-1.1026426">the death of George Floyd</a>. As anger spread across America over the custody death of the African-American in Minneapolis, there was a silent protest in Germany during the Bundesliga match between Schalke and Werder Bremen. On Saturday, McKennie wore an armband with the message 'Justice for George', showing solidarity with his community. On the field, Werder kept alive their hopes of avoiding relegation as a spectacular goal from Leonardo Bittencourt gave them a 1-0 win at Schalke. The result left Werder in 17th place on 25 points from 28 games, two points behind 16th-placed Fortuna Duesseldorf, who occupy the relegation play-off spot.
