The DFB said it plans to press charges after players reported receiving racist abuse on social media during an under-21 game. "You disgust us. You are not true fans," the federation responded.
Ednews informs via DW that Germany's football federation, the DFB, said on Friday that it planned to press charges against people who sent racist comments to two of its under-21 national team players on social media during a game against Israel on Thursday night after they both missed penalties.
The DFB's sporting director Joti Catzialexiou said that the DFB had decided "that we will take legal steps against these people." He said that the federation would "do everything possible to bring these perpetrators and people to justice."
It's not yet clear who made the comments, from where, and whether the DFB will ultimately be able to press charges, which Catzialexiou also acknowledged.
"We don't know if it will lead to any success, but we do know that we simply have to take a stand against these people now," he said. "We want to show the police, the politicians, but above all the people themselves, that we will at least try everything in our power to pursue them."
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