The shepherd's answer to the shepherdess.
The Qataris obviously did not appreciate the gesture of the German players on the sidelines of their opening match, against Japan: as a sign of protest in particular at the ban on wearing the "One Love" armband, an initiative they were doing party, the Germans had ostensibly covered their mouths at the time of their team photo.
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— محمد الكعبي (@Qatari) November 27, 2022
Sunday evening during the poster of this group stage between Germany and Spain, while the players of Hansi Flick had not repeated their gesture before the match, some Qatari supporters had prepared a small Something.
Many local fans showed up in the stands brandishing photos and drawings of former German international Mesut Özil.
One video in particular made the rounds on social media, showing a Qatari hand over his mouth, circling a grandstand holding up a photo of İstanbul player Başakşehir.
The example of the 2014 world champion, passed by Real and Arsenal in particular, was obviously not chosen at random and must undoubtedly be interpreted as an injunction made to the Germans to remember a not so distant past.
In 2018, Özil announced his international retirement after many weeks of controversy that had marred the 2018 World Cup.
Of Turkish descent, he had posted photos in the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which had created heated debates across the Rhine.
For Gündoğan in this World Cup: "politics is over"
Özil, who had then been strongly criticized even in the highest authorities of German football, had then decided to put an end to his international career by posting a long letter in which he denounced "racism and lack of respect" of the German federation .
"I'm German when you win, but I'm an immigrant when you lose," he wrote.
After the draw of the Germans against Spain this Sunday on the lawn of the Al-Bayt stadium (1-1), İlkay Gündoğan, also of Turkish origin and who even appeared in the photos with Özil and Erdoğan, returned to the gesture of the Germans during the first match and on the political dimension of this World Cup: “Honestly, my point of view is the following: now, politics is over.
Qatar is very proud to host the World Cup, it is also the first Muslim country, and I come from a Muslim family.
The Muslim community is therefore proud.
So I think now it's just about football.
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