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Berlin (dpa) - The former goalkeeping coach from Hertha BSC has again defended himself against the accusation of having made racist and homophobic statements in an interview.
Zsolt Petry told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” on Monday that the Hungarian newspaper “Magyar Nemzet” had shortened the interview inadmissibly after the authorization.
There the Hungarian Petry was quoted as saying that he did not understand what made his compatriot Peter Gulacsi from RB Leipzig “stand up for homosexuals, transvestites and people with other gender identities”.
«I have tried to make it clear that everyone, like Peter, is free to express his or her opinion.
However, I pointed out that young players with statements on political issues are often exposed to hostility that can damage or end their careers, ”Petry told the FAZ.
“That's why I said I don't know how he could do it.
Not, I don't understand.
That was not translated correctly. "
In addition, the sentence that he “can very well imagine that a child can grow up very happily in a homosexual family” has been deleted from the interview.
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These statements by the long-time coach would “overall not correspond to the values of Hertha BSC,” said Carsten Schmidt, chairman of the club's management after the release, but also made it clear: “He has never acted homophobically or xenophobically.”
Nevertheless, the association “actively advocates values such as diversity and tolerance because these values are important to us”, it said in a message: “This is not to be found in the statements by Zsolt Petry, which he made publicly as our employee again."
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