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Dennis Aogo had a very enjoyable evening ahead of him.

He was an expert for the semi-final second leg between Manchester City against Paris St. Germain (2-0) in the studio of the station "Sky".

Good game, Manchester in the final, job done just before midnight.

Before that, however, Aogo's cell phone had received a message that made him look at the display in disbelief.

At 9:56 p.m. Jens Lehmann wrote in a very peculiar spelling on WhatsApp: “Is Dennis actually your black guy?” The whole thing with a smiley face.

Dennis Aogo now works as a Sky expert

Source: pa / Sielski-Press / Joachim Sielski

Aogo was probably not the addressee that Lehmann, a former national player and now a member of the Hertha BSC supervisory board, had in mind when he pressed "Send".

Lehmann's more than dubious explanation on the Aogo case

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In any case, Aogo, born in Karlsruhe and a former German national player, didn't let that sit on him and posted a screenshot of his mobile phone display on Instagram shortly after midnight.

A partially blackened message course between him and Lehmann can be seen on it.

He documented a sentence by Lehmann that Aogo did not cross out to his more than 81,000 followers: “WOW, are you serious?

The message was probably not meant for me !!! "

With that Lehmann's racist derailment was in the world, and the excitement about it took its course.

The morning after, Lehmann tried to smooth things over, but the explanation was at best doubtful.

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Regarding “Bild” he said: “I have already spoken to Dennis on the phone and asked his forgiveness if my statement came across as disrespectful.

It wasn't meant that way at all, it was positive.

Because as a Sky expert he is knowledgeable and very strong in his demeanor.

And that's why the quota has increased.

That's what I wanted to say, but I was unhappy about it.

Since the WhatsApp went out from my cell phone, I take responsibility for it.

It was a private message. "

To whom Lehmann actually wanted to send the message, he did not say.

Aogo could not be reached in the morning, a statement from Hertha BSC was initially pending.

The club recently made headlines because it fired its goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry after making homophobic statements.