On Oct. 14, German Bundesliga soccer team, Hertha Berliner Sport-Club (Hertha BSC), kneeled before its match against FC Schalke 04. Hertha BSC is the first non-U.S. team to kneel before a game, causing the team to make headlines around the world. Most notably, its decision to kneel was unanimous among all the players and coaching staff.

According to its Twitter account, the team knelt to stand for “tolerance and responsibility” and hope to inspire a “tolerant Berlin and an open-minded world,” echoing the message of NFL players here in the US. Hertha BCS forward, Salomon Kalou, told the Associated Press, the team was inspired to “stand against racists” and are “always going to fight against this kind of behavior,” just like many NFL players who protest against police brutality and racial discrimination.

According to The Daily Wire, announcers were also in on the display and announced to over 50,000 audience members, “Hertha BSC stands for diversity and against violence. For this reason, we are joining forces with the protest of our fellow American athletes to take a stand against discrimination,” adding, “It should not exist in any kind of sport. Not in NFL, and not in football or soccer, like they call it in the U.S. — it shouldn’t exist in any sport, period. For us, it’s a good example to show.” With players from over ten different countries locking arms, Hertha BSC made a lasting impression.

Last year, Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49’ers quarterback, ignited the movement, known as #TakeAKnee, which is now popular among other NFL players and sports. Athletes have been kneeling during the national anthem in objection to discrimination across the nation and to protest against police brutality, sparking debates throughout the country.

President Donald Trump has called out players for being unpatriotic and disrespectful to the flag and veterans, demanding that kneelers be fired. The week before Hertha BSC’s game, Vice-President Mike Pence even walked out on an Indianapolis Colts game after players knelt during the national anthem. However, in Germany, the German national anthem is seldom played before sports matches, and was not played before Hertha BSC’s game, creating a solid example displaying that the movement is far beyond national flags and anthems and isn’t meant to disrespect veterans, “but rather showing that we are one as people and that we [are] going to rise together,” as Kalou later told ESPN, “Taking a knee has nothing to do with the flag, but rather showing that we are one as people and that we going to rise together.”

Kalou ended the interview with, “A human heart is too tiny to have a place for hate, because hate is such a horrible thing to put in your heart.”