- Title: German coach Loew condemns fans' Nazi chants
- Date: 3rd September 2017
- Summary: STUTTGART, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 3, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GERMANY'S NATIONAL MEN'S SOCCER TEAM COACH, JOACHIM LOEW, ARRIVING AT NEWS CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMANY'S NATIONAL MEN'S SOCCER TEAM COACH, JOACHIM LOEW, SAYING: "I am not so much upset or sad as I am full of rage, I think that describes my feelings better. I am really very angry about what happened, that some so-called fans used the stage of an international football match to bring shame on our country with their extremely embarrassing appearance and behaviour. I think every one of those people who is prevented from getting into the stadium is a win." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS GERMAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LOGO (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMANY'S NATIONAL MEN'S SOCCER TEAM COACH, JOACHIM LOEW, SAYING: "I am absolutely on the side of those demanding tough sanctions, because a stadium should be somewhere you enjoy going, where everybody can go and where despite all the rivalry and all the chanting, everything proceeds at a certain level. We don't want these anarchists, we are not their national team and the behaviour of some of the fans in Prague was the lowest of the low and deeply despicable." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 17th September 2017 16:46
- Keywords: German national soccer team coach Joachim Loew Nazi chanting fans condemns shame football match Czech Republic
- Location: STUTTGART, GERMANY
- City: STUTTGART, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0016X1KWU7
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- Story Text:Germany's national men's soccer team coach Joachim Loew on Sunday (September 3) condemned Nazi-era chants by some fans in Prague on Friday (September 1) at a World Cup qualifying match against the Czech Republic.
Loew said he was "full of rage" and that the fans brought shame on Germany when they chanted and whistled during a minute's silence held for two deceased Czech officials.
Speaking in Stuttgart ahead of another qualifying match against Norway, Loew said he was in favour of tough sanctions. "We don't want these anarchists, we are not their national team and the behaviour of some of the fans in Prague was the lowest of the low and deeply despicable," he said.
The German players declined to greet fans at the end of the match, which Germany won 2-1. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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