Two-game ban for Demiral according to media

For Merih Demiral should the goal celebration against Austria According to a media report, the wolf salute shown by the police apparently has serious consequences. According to information from Bild-Newspaper has the UEFA The Turkish national team defender was banned for two matches.

This would mean that the 26-year-old would join his team in the European Championship quarter-finals on Saturday in Berlin against the Netherlands (9 p.m./RTL and Magenta TV) and will be absent from a possible semi-final. However, Turkish media subsequently released information from the Turkish association that a decision had not yet been made in the case. UEFA initially declined to comment on the matter on Thursday evening.

Step is “extremely biased and wrong”

Demiral had scored in the 2-1 win in the round of 16 against Austria after his goal in Leipzig with both hands the hand sign and symbol of “Grey Wolves” and thereby caused much outrage.

The supporters of the right-wing extremist “Ülkücü-Bewegung” which is monitored in Germany by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

In Turkey, the ultra-nationalist MHP is their political representative and ally of the Islamic-conservative AKP of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Demiral initially received support from his home country. The head of the ultra-nationalist MHP, Devlet Bahceli,described the initiation of proceedings by UEFA as a “provocation”. The step was “extremely biased and wrong”.

Bellingham also receives punishment

The Turkish Foreign Ministry also condemned the investigation and described it as unacceptable. Not every person who displays the sign of the Grey Wolves can be described as right-wing extremist. The wolf salute is in Deutschland Furthermore, it is not prohibited and the reactions of the German authorities are “xenophobic”.

The ministry also summoned the German ambassador on Wednesday. According to Bild also for the Englishman Jude Bellingham. The former BVB player in the service of Real Madrid should not be banned after an obscene gesture while celebrating a goal, but should receive a fine of at least 20,000 euros.