'Africans out' - German football's fourth tier hit by racism scandal
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A racist insult is alleged to have been shouted from the crowd during the German fourth-tier match between FSV Zwickau and Rot-Weiss Erfurt at the weekend, several media reported on Monday.
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Erfurt player Raphael Assibey-Mensah said that he and team-mate Benny Boboy had been subjected to verbal abuse.
"Benny fouled a player and a man shouted 'Africans out!'" Assibey-Mensah told reporters. "I confronted him straight away but he kept shouting.
"We are not in 1947. Eastern Germany has developed. Of course there are still some who are underdeveloped," he added.
Referee Johannes Schipke stopped the match for around five minutes after Assibey-Mensah's tip-off. The perpetrator could not be identified.
"I pointed at him. It's strange that they can't find him. For me that is no coincidence. He has to go," Assibey-Mensah said.
The winger once played for Zwickau himself for a year. The 26-year-old hopes his former club will act.
"The club are not to blame but I hope they send a message and issue a stadium ban. I can clearly identify the man," said the Leipzig-born player.
The North-East German Football Association could open proceedings against FSV Zwickau.
Board member André Beuchold told newspaper the Freie Presse that video footage had been made available to the police.
"Of course we are trying to identify the person or persons among the spectators. And if the allegations are confirmed then we must and will trigger tough consequences," Beuchold said.
