Before we deal with racism, ingratitude, Lionel Messi and a tin drum, we should do a bit of literary rectification: The North African in the third act of Friedrich Schiller’s drama “The Fiesco Conspiracy in Genoa” actually says nothing at all about his “debt” that he would have served. The original text says rather: “The Mohr has his job done, the Moor can go. “
The fact that this passage has been misrepresented for centuries should leave the good Schiller rather cold 115 years after his death. Just like the current debate on racism, which has long since reached sport, not just since the game boycott in various US professional leagues in the past few days. Incidentally, one should not misinterpret the fact that with Schiller that Muley Hassan, the “Mohr”, is a sly schemer. Schiller was considered liberal, was against any form of extremism and was certainly not a racist.
Let’s stick with those to whom the quote fits in the original as well as the coiffed version, because they have done their duty – and are then sent away. Who else would come to mind than the rising heroes of Türkgücü Munich, who brought the football club into the third division, but now no longer have a place on the payroll. Coach Rainer Maurer is gone, as is captain Yasin Yilmaz, who has scored 36 goals for Türkgücü in 69 games in the last three seasons in the state, Bayern and regional leagues. Most recently, Ilker Yüksel and Dominik Weiß also received their papers – according to the motto: the ball kicker has done his job, the ball kicker can walk.
Ingratitude is the world’s wages (not from Schiller, but an old German proverb), not only regional but also world footballers like Lionel Messi, who after 20 years is fed up with FC Barcelona, know that. After ten championship titles, four triumphs in the Champions League and 731 competitive games in which the Argentine scored 634 goals, the six-time world footballer just wants to get away – the sting is too deep after the 2: 8 rubdown by Bayern. Messi quit via “Burofax”, which is a kind of registered letter, not the anachronistic device that was used to send photocopies by phone in the pre-Internet age. The problem now is that the termination at Barca is not considered timely and therefore ineffective, which is why Leo should stay. Although, to paraphrase Schiller, he has long since done his duty.
How well is my colleague Thiago at Bayern. He is not sent away like the sports fans of Türkgücü, but also not forced to stay like The flea in Catalonia. After the greatest success of his career, he and his colleagues are allowed to hit a little tin drum, sing funny songs and now – if the transfer is correct – switch to Klopp in Liverpool. And if not? Then he stays, because “the good man thinks of himself last”. Also from Schiller. Wilhelm Tell, first act.
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