Asamoah hits out at Michael Ballack over racism
Posted On Thursday, 10th January 2013
Gerald Asamoah has hit out at his German team-mates
Former German international striker Gerald Asamoah has criticised ex-captain Michael Ballack and his German team-mates for failing to come to his defence after he was racially attacked in 2006.
The 34-year-old, who became the first African-born player to play for Germany, had described in his autobiography how he was racially abused while playing for Schalke against Hansa Rostock’s reserve side in the German Cup in 2006.
Asamoah said the abuse was highly publicized at the time and had been so bad the referee wanted to abandon the game at half-time.
But Asamoah says Michael Ballack and his German team-mates failed to find it appropriate to speak against the attacks on him.
“The fact is I would have wished at the time for a reaction from former players in the national team and especially from the captain (Ballack) -a clear statement against incidents like these,” Asamoah says in the book which goes on sale on January 14.
“That this did not happen really disappointed me and gives me cause for thought.”
Asamoah, 34, who now plays for Bundesliga side Greuther Fuerth, said he had thought about quitting the national team at the time.
“What sense is there, I thought, in playing for a country whose fans don’t want me?,” he said.
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But you gave yourself to them.
So do not complain my friend.
DEAR ASAMOAH TAKE AM EASY!MENTALITIES HAVE CHANGED NOW!NEVERTHELESS YOU ARE THE FIRST AFRICAN OR GHANAIAN TO PLAY THE WORLD CUP FINALE!BRAVO!
Bro check your facts, Marcel Desailly
factual!!
That is the kind of people we are dealing with
Nothing new here. Most Whites are devils.
Nobody asked u to play for Germany, u wanted to make history and that came with some consequences. I hope and pray all up and coming players lean from this.