![(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 13, 2014, Germany's midfielder Mesut Ozil kisses his medal after Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup final football match between Germany and Argentina 1-0 following extra-time at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mesut Ozil's decision to quit playing for the German national football team Die Mannschaft unleashed on July 23, 2018 a racism storm in Germany, but earned the applause of Ankara with a Turkish minister hailing "a goal against the virus of fascism". / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PVQE5IXGVDICDST4X5JK272YLI.jpg?smart=true&auth=a7a2d4c1fb23bb70feb263416c38ca08a9e69e2ca308141e72bbb234c093e304&width=400&height=225)
Germany's midfielder Mesut Ozil kisses his medal after Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup final football match between Germany and Argentina. AFP
Germany's midfielder Mesut Ozil kisses his medal after Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup final football match between Germany and Argentina. AFP
Mesut Özil quits German national team citing racism
'I am German when we win but I am an immigrant when we lose'
David Crossland
23 July, 2018