"African football is a bit wild": racist remarks by a…
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"African football is a bit wild": racist remarks by a former world champion spark controversy after Germany-Ivory Coast
> Consultant for the German public television channel ARD, former midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger described the Ivorians' game as "orthodox", "unpredictable" and above all "a little wild".
> On paper, Bastian Schweinsteiger was right. The 2014 world champion had predicted, speaking to the German public television channel ARD, a very close match against Ivory Coast, just before the Mannschaft's narrow victory (2-1).
> The manner and the words chosen, however, are completely unacceptable. The former German midfielder, an ARD pundit throughout the World Cup, is at the center of a heated controversy after his racist remarks about the Elephants (Ivory Coast national team). Before the match, Bastian Schweinsteiger had described the Ivorian team's style of play as "African football," "sometimes a bit atypical, a bit wild, not quite as tactical."
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> Consultant for the German public television channel ARD, former midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger described the Ivorians' game as "orthodox", "unpredictable" and above all "a little wild".
> On paper, Bastian Schweinsteiger was right. The 2014 world champion had predicted, speaking to the German public television channel ARD, a very close match against Ivory Coast, just before the Mannschaft's narrow victory (2-1).
> The manner and the words chosen, however, are completely unacceptable. The former German midfielder, an ARD pundit throughout the World Cup, is at the center of a heated controversy after his racist remarks about the Elephants (Ivory Coast national team). Before the match, Bastian Schweinsteiger had described the Ivorian team's style of play as "African football," "sometimes a bit atypical, a bit wild, not quite as tactical."
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