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Guido Burgstaller, Marco Grull and Niklas Hedl are being pushed from the Austrian national team.
This after the trio sang along to a homophobic rhyme.
– I don’t tolerate that in my team, says national team captain Ralf Rangnick.
When Ralf Rangnick selected the squad for Austria’s friendlies against Slovakia and Turkey, three names were missing: Guido Burgstaller, Marco Grull and Niklas Hedl.
The reason for the poking of the Rapid Wien players has to do with the aftermath of the derby victory against Austria Wien at the end of February.
The trio were caught on film singing a homophobic chant with fans.
Rank nodded furiously
The incident has now caused national team captain Ralf Rangnick to act and leave the trio out of the national team.
– The players need to seriously address this issue and understand what it means to people when they are publicly insulted and discriminated against in such a way, says Rangnick and continues:
– I do not tolerate that in my team. Everything we stand for with the national team is the opposite at the other end of the value scale.
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full screenRalf Rangnick pokes the trio in the national team. Photo: Emma Wallskog / Bildbyrån
Apologize
Guido Burgstaller, 34, has represented the national team 26 times. Now he apologizes for his behavior.
– We want to clearly distance ourselves from all discrimination and homophobia and apologize to everyone we have directly or indirectly offended through our behavior, he says.
Marco Grull and Niklas Hedl have also apologized on social media.
chevron-leftföregåendechevron-rightnästaGuido Burgstaller.
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2024-03-13 09:52:32
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