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The resignation of German footballer Mesut Özil, rooted in racism, is making waves. This is a setback for the integration efforts, if a German footballer from the German Football Federation (DFB) does not feel represented, it is said. Others see the finish as a late step. The Turkish government is praising – and former Ozil teammates say little.
12:31, 23 July 2018
[19659009] The former president of the DFB, Theo Zwanziger, feared by his resignation much more than mere sports consequences. Özil's decision was "a serious setback for efforts to integrate into our country beyond football," Zwanziger said. The world champion born in Turkey "was an excellent model for young players from Turkish immigration, also in the performance structures of German football."
Özil, 29, had broken his silence Sunday and the consequences of the case. controversial photos drawn with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the World Cup. He criticized the badociation and mainly its president Reinhard Grindel, the German media and the sponsors for their relations with him.
Especially on the boss of the DFB, Grindel, who has not commented yet, the pressure is still the strongest. Özil felt badly treated by him. "I will no longer serve as a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do his job well," Özil said in his statement. "Grindel was and is the worst president of the DFB, I have never lived," said Harald Stenger, the spokesman for the DFB for a long time.
Zwanziger, who had strongly promoted the issue of integration in his mandate, also fails DFB. "Something has happened in communication that can never happen to migrants: they must never feel like second-clbad Germans, and when that happens, they must act," said the 73-year-old. Community in Germany, Gökay Sofuoglu, now considers even the effect of integration of the national team for endangered. "Diversity in the national team was a big project that may fail because of incompetent executives now," Sofuoglu wrote on Twitter, asking the German Federal Government Integration Commissioner. , Annette Widmann-Mauz, to criticize the dubious actions of professionals. (CDU), on Twitter: "With all the understanding of the roots of the family, the players of the national football team have to face criticism if you give up for the elections."
Quiet until Monday noon corner of the former teammates of Özil. With the exception of Jerome Boateng, who had previously expressed his opinion on Özil and his "Erdogan affair", they withheld their statements. "It was a pleasure, Abi," wrote the Bayern defender, who posted a photo of him with his "brother" (Turkish: Abi) Özil to leave on Twitter.
Turkish government representatives took advantage of the resignation of Özil Consumption – via the Twitter short message service. "We wholeheartedly support the honorable attitude of our brother Mesut Özil," tweeted Sports Minister Mehmet Kaspoglu. Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, spoke to the public pressure under which Özil would stand. "What a sad business for those who claim to be tolerant and multicultural." While the Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül shot Özil with the release a "beautiful goal against the virus of fascism". While Liverpool's star coach Jürgen Klopp has taken Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness under fire. "I'm happy that the spook is over, he's been playing the land for years, he's won the last duel before the 2014 World Cup and now he's hiding behind his picture and his crappy performance," Hoeneß said. a circle by reporters before the club leaves for an American tour.
Recently in Russia, when the German national team failed for the first time in the group stage, "no one asked what was going on like a shit at the World Cup" Hoeneß on disk. The boss of Bayern also said: "The development in our country is a disaster, it must be reduced once again to what it is: Sport and sport Özil has not lost in the l & # 39; national team for years. "
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