Kecewa dengan layan buruk dan bersifat perkauman yang diterima daripada pihak Persatuan Bola Sepak Jerman, Mesut Ozil akhirnya mengambil keputusan untuk bersara daripada mewakili negara itu diperingkat antarabangsa.
Semalam Ozil telah mengeluarkan surat terbuka mengenai layanan yang diterima beliau oleh pihak Jerman dan mengambil keputusan untuk bersara daripada mewakili pasukan negara tersebut serta merta.
Ozil turut meluahkan dimana apabila mereka (skuad Jerman) menang, maka beliau adalah orang (rakyat) Jerman, namun apabila mereka kalah, beliau adalah pendatang Turki.
I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose.
Malahan tindakan Ozil itu juga dibuat kerana tidak lagi sanggup menjadi 'kambing hitam' dan memikul tanggungjawab untuk dipersalahkan setiap kali prestasi buruk yang dipamerkan oleh pasukan kebangsaan Jerman.
Namun tidak semua pihak dapat menerima luahan sebagaimana surat terbuka yang dibuat oleh Mesut Ozil berhubung layanan buruk yang diterima beliau itu.
Persatuan Bola Sepak Jerman (DFB) kemudiannya mengeluarkan kenyataaan balas dalam memberi respon berhubung dakwaan Ozil itu, sambil menafikan tuduhan perkauman yang dibuat oleh Mesut Ozil.
Malah DFB juga menegaskan bahawa beliau (Ozil) sepatutnya menjelaskan tindakan yang dilakukan beliau berikutan pertemuannya dengan Presiden Turki, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Diversity is a strength not only in football. That is why our integration work is of central importance at all levels. From the district class to the national teams belong players with a migration background to the DFB. We play and live together with our different family roots, our religions and cultures. What all of us have to combine on and off the pitch is the observance of the human rights enshrined in the Basic Law, the advocacy of freedom of expression and the press, as well as respect, tolerance and fair play. A commitment to these basic values is required for every player who plays football for Germany.
The pictures with the Turkish President Erdogan have therefore raised questions for many people in Germany. We concede self-critically that the DFB has also made a contribution to dealing with the topic. And it is regrettable that Mesut Özil felt that he had not been sufficiently protected as a target of racist slogans against his person, as was the case with Jerome Boateng. But it was important that Mesut Özil, like Ilkay Gündogan before him, gives answers to this photo, regardless of the tournament's sporting outcome in Russia. In the DFB, we win and lose together, all as a team.
The DFB would have been happy if Mesut Özil had wanted to remain part of the team on this shared basis. He decided otherwise. The DFB respects that, and for us as an association it is also necessary to respectfully deal with a well-deserved national player, that we leave some statements that are not comprehensible to us in tone and content uncommented in public.
-- DFB
Terbaru, Presiden Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness merupa individu terkini yang mengriktik tindakan Mesut Ozil itu.
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| Presiden Kelab Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness. Kredit foto : IOL |
Mesut Ozil 'has played dirt for years', says Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness - begitu tajuk laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh Sky Sports semalam.
Jika menghalusi isi laporan tersebut, jelas Uli Hoeness mengecam tindakan Mesut Ozil berikutan keputusan bintang Arsenal itu berhenti bermain untuk mewakili skuad kebangsaan Jerman sambil mengatakan bahawa Ozil selama ini tidaklah begitu hebat dan gagal beraksi dengan cemerlang.
"I'm glad it is over. He's been playing dirt for years. He last won a tackle before the 2014 World Cup. And now he hides himself and his c*** performance behind this photo. His 35 million follower boys, who of course do not exist in the real world, think he has played excellently if he plays a cross to a man. Whenever we played against Arsenal, we played over him, because we know he's the weak point"
Hello Encik Hoeness....
Tahukah kamu bahawa Ozil telah dipilih sebagai Pemain Tahunan Terbaik Jerman sebanyak LIMA kali.... ya...5 kali.
Disamping itu, semenjak Ozil bersama skuad kebangsaan Jerman, beliau merupakan pemain Jerman paling banyak menghasilkan bantuan gol.
Bermula dari Februari 2009, beliau telah membuat 92 penampilan dengan 23 gol dan 40 bantuan gol dihasilkan beliau.
Dan jumlah bantuan gol tersebut mengatasi mana-mana pemain Jerman yang lain (yang mewakili Jerman bermula 2009).
Selain itu, beliau turut berada dalam senarai 20 penjaring terbanyak Jerman sepanjang zaman (setakat ini).
Disamping itu, semenjak Ozil bersama skuad kebangsaan Jerman, beliau merupakan pemain Jerman paling banyak menghasilkan bantuan gol.
Bermula dari Februari 2009, beliau telah membuat 92 penampilan dengan 23 gol dan 40 bantuan gol dihasilkan beliau.
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| Ozil , 2014 vs 2018 |
Selain itu, beliau turut berada dalam senarai 20 penjaring terbanyak Jerman sepanjang zaman (setakat ini).
Rekod Penampilan Ozil bersama Skuad Kebangsaan Jerman
| Saingan / Kejohanan | Penampilan | Jaringan | Bantuan Gol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perlawanan Persahabatan Antarabangsa | 30 | 5 | 10 |
| Kelayakkan Piala Dunia | 20 | 9 | 10 |
| Piala Dunia | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| Kelayakkan Euro | 15 | 5 | 12 |
| Euro | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| JUMLAH | 92 | 23 | 40 |
- 2010: Bastian Schweinsteiger
- 2011: Mesut Ozil
- 2012: Mesut Ozil
- 2013: Mesut Ozil
- 2014: Toni Kroos
- 2015: Mesut Ozil
- 2016: Mesut Ozil
- 2017: Joshua Kimmich
Senarai TOP 25 penjaring gol Jerman sepanjang zaman.
| Rank | Pemain | Gol | Gol Pertama | Gol Terakhir |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Klose | 71 | 24 Mar 2001 | 08 Jul 2014 |
| 2 | Gerd Müller | 68 | 08 Apr 1967 | 07 Jul 1974 |
| 3 | Lukas Podolski | 49 | 21 Dec 2004 | 22 Mar 2017 |
| 4 | Rudi Völler | 47 | 30 Mar 1983 | 02 Jul 1994 |
| 5 | Jurgen Klinsmann | 47 | 27 Apr 1988 | 29 Jun 1998 |
| 6 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 45 | 08 Oct 1977 | 29 Jun 1986 |
| 7 | Uwe Seeler | 43 | 08 Jun 1958 | 14 Jun 1970 |
| 8 | Michael Ballack | 42 | 28 Mar 2001 | 09 Sep 2009 |
| 9 | Thomas Müller | 38 | 13 Jun 2010 | 23 Mar 2018 |
| 10 | Oliver Bierhoff | 37 | 27 Mar 1996 | 01 Jun 2002 |
| 11 | Fritz Walter | 34 | 14 Jul 1940 | 15 Jun 1958 |
| 12 | Klaus Fischer | 32 | 27 Apr 1977 | 08 Jul 1982 |
| 13 | Andreas Möller | 31 | 04 Oct 1989 | 15 Jun 1998 |
| 14 | Mario Gómez | 31 | 07 Feb 2007 | 04 Sep 2017 |
| 15 | Ernst Lehner | 30 | 07 Jun 1934 | 05 Oct 1941 |
| 16 | Edmund Conen | 27 | 14 Jan 1934 | 07 Dec 1941 |
| 17 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 24 | 08 Jun 2005 | 12 Jun 2016 |
| 18 | Lothar Matthäus | 23 | 30 Apr 1985 | 28 Jul 1999 |
| 19 | Mesut Özil | 23 | 05 Sep 2009 | 02 Jun 2018 |
| 20 | André Schürrle | 22 | 29 May 2011 | 26 Mar 2017 |
| 21 | Helmut Rahn | 21 | 23 Dec 1951 | 27 Apr 1960 |
| 22 | Ulf Kirsten | 21 | 14 Apr 1993 | 07 Jun 2000 |
| 23 | Karl Hohmann | 20 | 07 Sep 1930 | 25 Jun 1937 |
| 24 | Richard Hofmann | 20 | 15 Apr 1928 | 01 Jul 1932 |
| 25 | Max Morlock | 20 | 23 Sep 1951 | 28 Dec 1958 |
Mungkin Uli Hoeness mabuk ketum dan nyanyuk hinggakan kebencian mengatasi segala-galanya.
Sumber rujukan data dan statistik: 11vs11, WhoScored, Squawka