Serious complaint from Germany: he abandoned a friendly against Honduras due to racist insults

What should be a friendly match in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, ended in a serious complaint. The Olympic football teams of Germany Y Honduras they did not finish their match played in Wakayama (Japan) because a German player reported that he had been discriminated against by a rival and his team left the pitch.

Five minutes before the final whistle, with the score 1-1, the german defender Jordan Torunarigha commented what happened to his companions and the cast directed by Stefan Kuntz the court went away.

“The German players have decided leave the pitch after Jordan Torunarigha received racist insults “, they communicated from the German Football Federation (DFB) on the networks. “When one of our players is a victim of racism, playing is not an option”added Kuntz after supporting the decision of his pupils.

It was a very informal game, without an audience and in which three 30-minute halves were scheduled to be played. The idea of ​​both teams was to get ready for the men’s soccer tournament of the Olympic Games. Honduras had gone ahead on the scoreboard with a bit of Douglas Martinez and later Felix Uduokhai tied the lawsuit in which Kuntz used up 18 players Of the template.

“It is the only correct decision!”wrote on Twitter on Hertha BSC, club where he plays Torunarigha, from 23 years, who is not the first time that is involved in a case of this style. In February 2020, in a match of the German Cup against him Schalke 04, the defender was attacked with monkey sounds. Schalke was fined 50.000 euros by the DFB.

From the National Autonomous Football Federation of Honduras (Fenafuth) they also spoke on social media. “The game ended at minute 87 by abandonment due to the fact that a German player alleged an alleged racist insult on the part of a Honduran national team. The Fenafuth on the subject expresses that the situation goes through a misunderstanding on the pitch”They wrote on Twitter.

For the time being, both teams will continue with their planning for the JJOO. The German team will fly to Such this Sunday and will settle in your hotel in Yokohama. The silver medalists of Rio 2016 will debut on Thursday against Brazil, his rival in the last men’s soccer final and current Olympic champions. The other rivals in his group are Saudi Arabia Y Ivory Coast.

Honduras, which is located in the B Group along with New Zealand, South Korea and Romania, it will also debut on Thursday. In the Kashima Stadium will face the Romanian team. It will be his debut in a contest in which he finished in fourth place in Rio 2016.

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