Beijing time this morning ended in the early morning of a UEFA Europa League group stage, Austria 3: 1 victory over North Macedonia. The Austrian center forward Arnautovic, who plays for Shanghai Seaport, became the focus of the post-game debate after he made an aggressive remark to a North Macedonian player while celebrating a goal.
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The work happened as the contest approached the 90th minute, when Arnautovic scored Austria's third goal of the match with a solo effort, assisting in the complete lockout.
After the goal, the over-excited Arnautovic rushed to the side of the North Macedonian defender Alioski out of the provocation. This probably has something to do with the fact that the other side has repeatedly defended against a number of Austrian players, including Arnautovic, with too much movement.
There are reports that Arnautovic then verbally abused Alioski's Albanian mother, which involves racial discrimination.
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Exactly what Arnautovic cursed, there is no official very accurate audio. But from the Austrian captain Alaba the first time to go forward to pinch Arnautovic's mouth, let him shut up and calm action, should be more over the top words.
After the match, the North Macedonian media were inundated with condemnations of Arnautovic's words and behavior, thinking he deserved a ban. UEFA has also been adopting a zero-tolerance mood towards racist behavior.
Beijing time tonight, Arnautovic through the communication media to give his words and behavior some clarification.
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He wrote: “Yesterday (European time) I said some over the top words due to my emotions and I would like to apologize for that, especially to my friends in North Macedonia and Albania.
“I want to be clear: I am not a racist! I have friends in literally every country and I stand for diversity. Anyone who knows me knows this.”
Arnautovic, whose father is Serbian and mother Austrian, has dual citizenship of both countries and ultimately picked to wear the Austrian jersey.
It's also true that Arnautovic isn't a racist, judging by what's happened before. Like he said, he has all kinds of friends. For example, despite the tense ties between Serbs and Croats in the former Yugoslavia region, at Seaport, Arnautovic, who is of Serbian descent, has a good connection with head coach Leko and teammate Mestorovic, who are from Croatia.
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Contains other Chinese Super League of the former South region foreign aid, and Arnautovic are good friends, they closed in the tournament time every day to get together to drink coffee and chat, and vacation time will also be in the Shanghai rally.
