Bundesliga “Bayern Israel”
“Too soft, too general” – criticism of FC Bayern and Mazraoui
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This is what Tuchel says about the Mazraoui decision
FC Bayern’s decision in the Mazraoui case has been made. The Moroccan remains part of the team after his pro-Palestine post. Now coach Thomas Tuchel has also commented on the issue for the first time.
Noussair Mazraoui distributed a video wishing the Palestinians victory in the conflict with Israel. What follows are very general explanations from the player, with which FC Bayern are satisfied. But not some of his fans.
The chairman of the Israeli fan club “Bayern Israel” has criticized the behavior of Noussair Mazraoui after his pro-Palestinian social media post. “If he had taken a video himself, it would be different. He could have apologized and admitted to himself: That was a mistake,” said Tsvika Riz in an interview with “SZ”. The statement from German soccer champions FC Bayern was “too soft” for many.
The Moroccan Mazraoui had distributed a video on social networks wishing the Palestinians a victory in the conflict with Israel. After his return from the national team, FC Bayern had “a detailed and clarifying conversation” with him this week. The 25-year-old with a market value of 28 million euros remains in the Munich squad. According to the Munich press release, Mazraoui condemns “every type of terrorism and every terrorist organization,” but did not address Hamas’s terrorist attacks in any way. A sentence like CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said (“FC Bayern condemns Hamas’ attack on Israel”) was not read by Mazraoui in the statement.
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That was “too general,” criticized Riz. “He should not condemn every terror. He should condemn Hamas. He obviously regrets his actions in going public, but he doesn’t regret the content.”
“There is a lot of tension in the dressing room”
He fears that not only Mazraoui will leave FC Bayern in January, but also Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz. “If Peretz leaves because of that, that would be terrible,” Riz said. Coach Thomas Tuchel “said that things like religion didn’t play a role in the dressing room. I do not believe that. I think there’s a lot of tension in the dressing room. The thoughts are now in the world. And now they are in the dressing room and can no longer be ignored.”
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The Islamist Hamas invaded Israeli border towns with hundreds of terrorists on October 7th and carried out a massacre with 1,400 deaths. A good 200 people were kidnapped as hostages in the Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel has been bombing Hamas positions in the densely populated Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled south.
FC Bayern will play in the Bundesliga against FSV Mainz on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Mazraoui is not in the squad. The Munich-based company said he was injured.
