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Berlin (dpa) - Jens Lehmann's youth club banned the ex-national player from his racist message to the former professional footballer Dennis Aogo.
“And just in case Jens Lehmann should read this against all expectations: Even if you haven't been seen three times in the last 40 years and you probably don't care at all: You are banned from entering!” Wrote Peter Küpperfahrenberg, chairman of Heisinger SV, on the Facebook page of the Essen district league team.
Lehmann played for the club in his youth from 1975 to 1978. Küpperfahrenberg also warned in his contribution that “football, which we all love so much, is, in my experience, susceptible to some basic evils of civilization”: “These include, in particular, racism and homophobia. We have to be careful, we have to be vigilant, we must never tolerate this, we have to step in, we have to show courage. Far too little has happened in the past. "
Even during his active time as a youth footballer, far too little was done against racist activities.
He includes himself "expressly".
«There was a lack of courage, courage and decency (for me and others).
Right-wing extremists and extremist attitudes were accepted without contradiction.
I got to know that in my further youth football days at other clubs, ”wrote Küpperfahrenberg.
Heisinger SV is “open to everyone, we want to stand for tolerance and togetherness.
I would be happy if everyone at our facility heeded this and intervened should such incidents occur. "
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Lehmann (51) had written to Aogo in a WhatsApp message: "Is Dennis actually your black guy?"
The sentence was mistaken with a laughing smiley in front of the question mark.
Sky expert Aogo (34) had published a screenshot of the message on Instagram Story.
He later accepted Lehmann's apology.
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