Dresden coach Thomas Stamm chose clear words about this. “I ask these spectators not to come to the stadium anymore. That has no place here, not even in society in general. Something like that leaves me speechless. People can stay at home. And those sitting around can be so brave so that in the future we know who did it,” he said. “Unfortunately, I would like to sit here and say: next three-pointer. But the injury and even more so the incident during the action in which the player was waiting for the throw-in cloud that.”
Initially criticized by his own fans
Fortuna coach Markus beginning also commented on the incident. “I haven’t spoken to anyone after the game. It’s always difficult to generalize because it might just be one person who does it,” said the 51-year-old. “That’s just not part of football and not part of society – that’s it.” Beginning had previously been confronted with the situation on the TV channel Sky. “I didn’t notice anything about it at first, but only afterwards. I can’t say much about it and first I have to hear what the situation was like,” he emphasized alongside expert Torsten Mattuschka and moderator Nele Ocik.
As the latter was about to move on to the next point, the Fortuna coach suddenly spoke up again without being asked. “At this point I would also like to say that it is mostly individuals. It is always generalized, and it is difficult when one or the other calls in something out of emotion,” said Beginning. “It’s not nice if that was the case. But generalizing it doesn’t help our football. It’s not nice for people either.”
After the interview: start with a statement
These extremely unfortunate statements made waves that evening: A number of Fortuna fans and other users were outraged on social networks about the fact that the coach had justified racist statements with emotions. And according to information from our editorial team, the choice of words also horrified some people within the club right from the start.
A day later, he clarified his statements again. “I strongly condemn any kind of racism and discrimination. The racist insult that ‘Emma’ experienced yesterday cannot be tolerated in any way,” Beginn told our editorial team. “No one should be discriminated against because of their skin color, religion or other characteristics. I have always been committed to this as a player and coach and will continue to do so actively.”
