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Turkeymix t1_iy9aavg wrote

Reply to comment by thodgson in In germany vs Spain by YourNewBestFriend528

Supposedly they're calling out Germany for hypocrisy since Mesut Ozil (the player) said the German Federation and fans of discriminating him for having Turkish roots back in 2018 when he retired from international football.

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Spinxington t1_iy9biai wrote

Fair enough, kinda loses its impact when you remember the german football fed or the fans didn't jail or execute Ozil for being Turkish.

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Turkeymix t1_iy9gr5p wrote

Loses impact even further when one of the players covering his mouth, Gundongan, is also of Turkish descent.

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Spinxington t1_iy9hy8a wrote

Yeah, unless Gundongan also comes out as being discriminated against by germans FFA and fans.

I did do a quick read on the situation with Ozil and it seems to mostly started due to him meeting with the Turkish President who doesn't have the best reputation and the media used this as an excuse to stir shit as they like to do.

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Turkeymix t1_iyaic9x wrote

Gundongan also took pictures with the Turkish President around the same time and was called out for it as well, Ozil got the brunt of it because he was a star player that had been (and continued) to underperform at both club and national level.

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