Women’s World Cup in comparison with a vegan sausage by German soccer icon

Aug 04, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Women’s World Cup in comparison with a vegan sausage by German soccer icon

A German soccer icon has given a disparaging opinion on the Women’s World Cup by evaluating it to a vegan sausage. Dieter Schatzschneider is clearly not a fan of the ladies’s sport after his nation’s staff was dumped out of the match.

Germany’s draw with South Korea on Thursday meant they completed third in Group H. Victory for Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s facet would have seen them by to the knockout levels.

But the Euro 2022 finalists may solely play out a 1-1 attract Brisbane towards the group’s bottom-placed facet. The Germany facet did not have the backing of former Hannover striker Schatzschneider main into the encounter.

Ahead of the match, he admitted he had no attraction to watching the occasion. The 65-year-old mentioned made a controversial assertion that may absolutely entice loads of criticism, saying the match was like consuming a vegan sausage and claimed his physique would reject doing such a factor.

As reported by Bild, Schatzschneider mentioned: “I really begrudge the ladies from the bottom of my heart. They can play and do whatever they want – all good.

“But I nonetheless refuse. It’s identical to speaking a few vegan sausage…

“I refuse. My body also rejects vegan food. Anyone can eat vegan. But that doesn’t do me any good.”

Schatzschneider was on a warfare path as he additionally hit out at ultras in German soccer. He added: “I prefer the real fans, who come to the stadium and always remain loyal and are serious and demand nothing but to see a good game, ten times more than the ultras. I can’t do anything with them.

“For me they’re a elementary evil in all the Bundesliga. They permit themselves an excessive amount of. For me it is annoying to the purpose of now not.”

The German women’s team won their group opener 6-0 against Morocco. However, they were upset 2-1 by Colombia in their second match to leave the group wide open.

Manager Voss-Tecklenburg admitted her side were unable to play in the way they wanted on the night. She told reporters: “If you need to see it as a catastrophe in sporting phrases, then it’s arduous to argue towards it.

“Our team of coaches will talk about what happened of course and what we could have done differently, but it’s not something I can analyse one and half hours after exiting. But of course I’m disappointed — of course I’m frustrated. Overall we never really played our game the way we know we can.

“Maybe we have been too cautious at the beginning. Maybe we have been too uptight and tried to drive issues.”

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