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Pogba takes Rüdiger’s bite easily – European football championship 2021

Paul Pogba (center) and Antonio Rüdiger clashed on Tuesday. © APA / afp / MATTHIAS HANGST

The French national soccer player Paul Pogba does not want to overestimate the implied bite of Germany’s Antonio Rüdiger in the European Championship game on Tuesday evening.

“He’s a friend of mine. That was on the pitch, we clashed for a moment. It’s over now, it’s in the past, “said the midfielder after the 1-0 success of the reigning world champions against the German team in the first group game in Munich.

“I’m not someone who shouts for a card. I think he bit me a little, that’s friendly, we know each other well. “

Pogba felt a bite movement

TV pictures showed how Champions League winner Rüdiger from Chelsea FC pushed his opponent Pogba from behind shortly before the end of the first half and made a kind of bite movement on the 28-year-old’s back. “I felt that, I told the referee and he then makes his decision,” said Pogba about the strange scene with the German defender.

After the game, Rüdiger (far left) and Pogba (center) were reconciled. © APA / afp / ALEXANDER HASSENSTEIN

“He didn’t get a card, so much the better for everyone. I don’t want him to be banned from doing that. We hugged at the end. “

Author: dpa / dl

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