The German U21s, who were at the top of the last U21 European Cup, are facing an unprecedented challenge in this tournament. With only one draw and one defeat in their first two group matches, they are in danger of elimination. To add insult to injury, the team's core players, Yusuf Mogogo and Schneeken, were unfortunately subjected to racial discrimination by extreme German fans, which not only disheartened them, but also might have an impact on their performance against England U21 in the final group game.
In their first group match against Israel U21, Germany U21 had a chance to win, but Youssef Mogogo and Sheshin Negenjan's penalties were both saved by the opposing goalkeeper, resulting in a 1-1 draw. After the match, the two players were subjected to cyber violence, with a large number of fans attacking them with racial slurs on social networks. Yusufamo Gogol expressed extreme anger at this: whether we win or lose, we are all Germans. But when we are losing, we become black and even suffer racist abuse. It's disgusting and I'm hurt. We try our best to take penalties and even if we fail to hit them, we should be respected. We are all human beings and we don't deserve to be treated like this. Dortmund, the club that owns Youssouf Mogogo, also issued a statement in support of the two players and against any form of racial discrimination.
