Coach Loew: 'Ozil talked about racism'

While defender Mesut Oezil insists he has broken up with Germany due to racism, World Champion Joachim Loew in 2014 has denied this.

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Ozil is a member of Germany was eliminated from the 2018 World Cup in the group stage. He was criticized by Reinhard Grindel for shooting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just before the biggest football festival in the world took place in Russia.

According to Oezil, Grindel and others only saw him as German when Mannschaft won. At the same time, every German defeat is the same as the 29-year-old Arsenal player is considered the immigrant and must be responsible for most.

Commenting on Oezil's accusations of being treated unfairly, Loew said: "The representative of Mesut called me to inform him that his client did not continue playing for Germany. Mesut does not directly contact me, which is something that regular players do before. "

"So far, Mesut has not called me." In the past two weeks, I tried to "wave" with him, but without success, Mesut chose his way and I had to accept it. reality".

Coach Loew allows players to suck shisha in the 2018 World Cup
Coach Loew allows players to suck shisha in the 2018 World Cup

"As for Mesut saying that he is racist, I can assure you that in the German Football Association there is no one commenting offensive to others. I still love to play for Germany and that fact has not changed over time, "said coach Loew.

On another occasion, Bild recently revealed that at the 2018 World Cup, Loew agreed to let his players smoke one or two cigarettes a day. Not to mention German captain Antonio Rudiger brought a suit of sucking shisha to Russia and invited his teammates to enjoy it.

It is known that shisha is a pipe-smoking drug originating in Arab countries. No clear study has confirmed that this game has a negative impact on the health of users.