Like Ozil, Khedira was blamed for Germany's recent loss too, even though at least half of Germany’s national team has players with migrant backgrounds. His teammates Sami Khedira, a Tunisian-German, also does not sing the anthem. Next to him on the left side, Ilkay Gundogan, another player of Turkish origin stands. Germany’s Mesut Ozil stands with his teammates during the national anthems before Germany’s match with Sweden on June 23, 2018. “While the anthem is being played, I pray, and I am sure that this will give us strength and confidence to drive the victory home,” Ozil once said. He's often responded to such jibes saying he silently makes prayers in Turkish for the triumph of the German football team, but for many observers and commentators, it's a sign of a bad omen. At times, his loyalty to the team has been questioned, and he's almost always been criticised for not singing the German national anthem before the kickoff.
His backstory has often been played up by several football commentators.
His grandparents migrated to Germany from Turkey's Black Sea region. So why do Germans want to blame Ozil for their World Cup loss? Born and raised in Germany, Ozil is a practising Muslim with Turkish roots. AnJw2a2USK- Squawka Football June 27, 2018 Mesut Ozil created seven chances against South Korea - all from open play the most by any player in a single game at the 2018 World Cup so far. This has not happened to the German national team, the holder of the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, since 1938. “Mesut Ozil created seven chances against South Korea – all from open play the most by any player in a single game at the 2018 World Cup so far,” analysed Squawka Football, a British soccer stats website.īut Ozil was still the only one who was blamed for Germany’s loss against South Korea, which led to its disqualification from the tournament at the group stage. Ozil's extraordinary skills on the field made him stand out on the field when Germany played against South Korea in the World Cup 2018, according to independent observers.įotMob, a Norwegian soccer app which measures players’ performance in each game, gave 8.2 points to Ozil, whose skills have been compared with France's former captain Zinedine Zidane, who's of Algerian origin. ISTANBUL - Mesut Ozil, the German national team’s ace midfielder, wears the number 10 jersey, the number worn by Germany’s legendary Lothar Matthaus and Argentina's Diego Maradona. Most Germans wanted to blame the national team's early exit from the World Cup on Ozil. Germany's Mesut Ozil, who has Turkish origins, looks on before Germany’s match with Mexico on June 17, 2018. Strangely enough, most of the blame was pinned on the players with immigrant backgrounds.
Germany’s national football team faced monumental loss as it failed to qualify for the group stage of the 2018 World Cup.
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