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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?"

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".

In any case, a few hours later it was clear that this would cost him his job at Hertha investor Tennor.

Already in the early morning there had been crisis talks between the club leaders around managing director Carsten Schmidt and Tennor around his boss Lars Windhorst.

We also spoke to Lehmann.

Lehmann's more than dubious explanation on the Aogo case

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This was triggered by Aogo.

The former German national player, who was born in Karlsruhe, didn’t let the news 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 !!! "

Dennis Aogo's Instagram post

Source: instagram @ dennisaogo

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.

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. "

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

In any case, investor Tennor parted ways with Lehmann on Wednesday morning.

“Jens Lehmann's contract will be terminated with immediate effect.

This means that the mandate on the supervisory board is no longer applicable.

We think that's a shame personally.

But that is not compatible with the principles of Tennor and Lars Windhorst - especially in view of the fact that we have many color people as employees, ”said Tennor spokesman Andreas Fritzenkötter to WELT.

At “Bild”, club president Werner Gegenbauer said: “Such statements in no way correspond to the values ​​for which Hertha BSC stands and is actively committed.

Hertha BSC distances itself from any form of racism.

We therefore welcome the move by Tennor Holding. "