Dele Alli is one of the most famous footballers in Europe. Now, however, his cheers have been removed from FIFA 21. EA was quick to respond to the Nazi allegations.
- EA removes controversial cheers from FIFA 21
- Football star Dele Alli with Nazi cheers ?
- The cheering controversy started out as a harmless joke
Vancouver, Canada - In addition to some updates such as the "My Stadium" feature, EA plans to remove old elements from the game for FIFA 21 . As has now become known, these changes are not only related to the gameplay of the football simulation. Dele Alli's world famous cheers will be removed from FIFA 21 . The reason for this is that his pose can also be interpreted as a Nazi salute . EA reacted with lightning speed.
| Release (date of first publication) | October 6, 2020 |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| series | FIFA |
| platform | PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, PC |
| developer | EA Canada / Romania |
| genre | Football simulation |
FIFA 21: World star Dele Alli loses his own cheers - because of Nazi allegations
It wasn't long ago that the whole internet was enthusiastic about the #DeleAlliChallenge . In short videos, people were shown how they formed an O with their little finger and thumb and held it over their right eye. Tottenham star Dele Alli made the cheering after almost every one of his Premier League goals.
But that could now be the end of it. The jubilation can also be interpreted as a Nazi greeting . In the correct position, the letters "W" and "P" can be read from the hand movement. The two letters are an abbreviation for White Power. Reason enough for EA to remove the popular cheers from FIFA 21 (Everything about FIFA *).
Dele Alli will not be able to cheer as usual in FIFA 21.
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Of course, Dele Alli is not to assume any bad faith. Very few people know that the gesture can also stand for white power. FIFA publisher and developer EA does not tolerate this key concept of the neo-Nazi scene in its game. The removal from FIFA 21 therefore seems logical. As ingame.de * reports, the fans are anything but satisfied with the drastic decision. One reason for this: another traditional cheer has already been removed from FIFA 21 *.
Time to choose a side.
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FIFA 21: Alleged Nazi cheers initially only planned as a joke
Anyone who keeps up to date in the gaming world should already be familiar with this FIFA 21 message . In fact, Infinity Ward, responsible for the development of Call of Duty Modern Warfare *, had the same problem a few months ago. In the free Battle Royale offshoot Call of Duty Warzone *, players could also use this gesture , for example to make fun of opponents. The fans reacted in shock to the loss of the gesture *. For them, the gesture with nieces had something to do with Nazis and the like, but simply stood for a relaxed “OK” or “All right”.
The origin of the alleged white power gesture is completely different. 4Chan users thought up the meaning behind the gesture to play a prank on the media. Unfortunately, however, it was not only the media who took up the failed joke. The gesture was quickly used by neo-Nazi groups as an abbreviation for the expression White Power. In order to clearly distance itself from discrimination and racism, EA now banned the Dele Alli cheers . It is not yet known whether the Englishman will celebrate his goals differently for this reason. * ingame.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
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