'We could call it racist' - Ivory Coast boss sad at Schweinsteiger comments
Ivory Coast boss Emerse Fae says comments from ex-Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger about their "wild" playing style could be considered racist.
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"I think it's sad."
— Emerse Fae , Executive
"We could call it racist, if we were calling a spade a spade."
— Emerse Fae , Executive
"A bit African football, a bit unorthodox, a bit wild, a bit perhaps also not so conditioned by tactics."
— Bastian Schweinsteiger , Athlete
"Now you want to carry on the subject. No, no, I have no chance."
— Jurgen Klopp , Celebrity
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Ivory Coast boss Emerse Fae says comments from ex-Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger about their "wild" playing style could be considered racist.
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