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Soccer-mad Germans turning their backs on World Cup

Bar-owner Steif Krueger poses for a photo outside the 'Krueger Bar' after an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Krüger says he will not be showing any World Cup matches in his premises in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar. Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans proudly fly their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. People boycotting the tournament and many fans say they won't watch in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar. (AP Photo/Ciara Fahey) The slogans "Qatar 2022 not our World Cup" and "Boycott Qatar" are written on a flyer on the entrance door of the pub 'Baiz' in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans proudly fly their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. People boycotting the tournament and many fans say they won't watch in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) FILE -- Fans display a banner during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans proudly fly their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. People boycotting the tournament and many fans say they won't watch in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar.  (AP Photo/Martin Meissner,file) The slogans "Qatar 2022 not our World Cup" and "Boycott Qatar" are written on a flyer on the entrance door of the pub Baiz in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Normally when the World Cup comes around, Germans proudly fly their country’s flag and enthusiastically back their team. Not this time. People boycotting the tournament and many fans say they won't watch in protest against human rights abuses in Qatar. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) A placard with the inscription "Boycott Qatar 2022" can be seen in the SC Freiburg fan block before the Bundesliga soccer match between Freiburg and FC Union Berlin at Europa-Park Stadion in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. . (Tom Weller/dpa via AP)
Soccer-mad Germans turning their backs on World Cup