A survey conducted by Sport Inside on the West German Radio Belief Corporation (WDR) about the German football team caused a violent reaction.
The fact that every fifth participant in the survey said that I would like to see more “white players” in the German team, and 17 percent of the participants said that it was “sad” that the captain of the Ilkai Gundogan national team had a Turkish origin, caused the reaction of other players , especially the senior coach of Julian Nagelsmann.
Speaking at a press conference organized in Nuremberg on the eve of the tomorrow’s friendly match with Ukraine, Nagelsmann said: “I think this is madness to ask such a question on public television. I am in shock. We play at the European Championship on behalf of all The country.
Julian Nagelsmann added that he considers it a racist attitude.
The German national team player Joshua Kimmich also responded to the survey and said that such things are absolutely racist.
Having emphasized that football unites different nationalities and religions, Kimmikh added: “This was not even a topic within the team. Anyone who grew up in football knows that this is complete nonsense.”
Criticizing the survey issues, Joshua Kimmich said that he considers the question of the origin of the players wrong, and such questions are unnecessary and absurd.
Meanwhile, during a survey conducted for a documentary about the European Football Championship, which will be aired on June 5, 21 percent of the participants said that it would be better if more white players played in the German national team, as in past “.
65 percent of respondents did not agree with this statement.