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Spanish coach Onay Emery has hinted that the suspension of Sunday's match against Bournemouth in the Premier League, Massoud Ozil, was due to a lack of physical fitness, local media reported on Monday. .
When asked why the former 30-year-old international had been ruled out, Emery said: "We wondered how we would do our best in this match, a tough match that requires physical effort and hardness . "
Ozil, world champion with Germany in 2014 and captain of Arsenal, did not play warm-up before or during the match, in the absence of his first match after have been a key player in his last three games, which ended in a draw.
"It depends on the course of the match and we have a different option, we knew in advance that it would be difficult to play in this stage for a difficult team," he said.
"We played 17 games without losing, but the last three games ended in a draw, which is not enough for us."
A troubled midfielder has been part of the team since Emery replaced Arsene Wenger of Arsenal at the end of last season.
Ozil did not hide his displeasure for replacing him in the match against Crystal Palace (2-2) in late October, ignoring Emery's handshake as he left the field. , throwing off his gloves before sitting on the bench.
The coach said that he did not care about the player's reaction and said in previous statements: "It's normal to not be happy, I like the players like him who show their personality when we do not perform well. "
Ozil, the Turkish national, announced after his disappointing exit from the first round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia that he had retired from international football because of his "racism" and his "lack of respect "after publishing a photo of him and his Turkish national Alkai Gundogan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sparked a lot of controversy and criticism in Germany.
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