DFB condemns Hitler Greeting

The German Football Association (DFB) has sentenced the right-wing extremist incident to the international team of the national team against Israel (2: 0) "on the harshest".

In the encounter last Saturday in Sinsheim, a 28-year-old viewer had shown several times the Hitler Greeting, against the person has meanwhile been initiated by criminal and association's prospective investigations.

"The DFB clearly speaks against any form of racism, discrimination and violence," said it was also anchored in his statute: "Football is diverse - as the whole society." The DFB kicked for a "climate of respect of respect and human sense of football", which makes it clear with a variety of activities on this topic.

The reaction of another fan who had informed a folder after the incident in Sinsheim during the first half of the game was "exemplary", praised the association and encouraged other "explicitly" similar action. The regulatory service for international matches was trained accordingly and will intervene.

In addition, the DFB offers a fan telephone (0151/16788111) at country estates at home and abroad, which can be requested any form of help. About the whistle system of the DFB, such incidents could be reported in retrospect.

Even before the start to the World Cup year before 25,600 spectators in the sold-out Arena, Federal Minister of Nancy Nancy Faeser (SPD) had pronounced in a video message, among other things against anti-Semitism. National coach Hansi Flick and DFB Director Oliver Bierhoff emphasized around the encounter that it was a very special game for the German national team with a view to the story.