Wilfried Eza caused excitement with a “cheering” gesture during SV Ried’s 4-0 win in St. Pölten on Friday. The club will speak to the 27-year-old striker from Ivory Coast about the incident, but are definitely ruling out any political message.
An incredible fight, battle, carnage, sniper, sights adjusted correctly. Yes, sport also includes extremely martial expressions and exaggeration. In the 4-0 win of second division team Ried on Friday in St. Pölten, Wilfried Eza had overstepped the mark a bit. Because after his goal to make it 3-0 (17th), the TV pictures briefly captured the 27-year-old Ivory Coast striker made movements with his hands as if he was firing a Kalashnikov. In times characterized by war and terror all over the world, such gestures are a real no-go. “More tact” “Of course we will talk to him about that, you just have to show more tact. We should actually act as role models, something like that is always inappropriate,” says sports director Wolfgang Fiala, who doesn’t want to overestimate the “Kalashnikov celebration.” Bayern star also reprimanded “I don’t want to portray him as apolitical, but I do “I don’t think he gets much information from the Austrian media about what’s currently happening in the Middle East,” says Fiala. Rather, Eza, like other footballers, probably wanted to indicate that – and we’re back to the martial expressions – he had finally adjusted his sights correctly again. Especially since the striker hadn’t scored in the last six games or was injured. Around 2015, Bayern Munich banned the Moroccan Medhi Benatia from continuing to use this celebration, which he had already done at AS Roma. With his two goals against St. Pölten, Eza drew level with Mark Grosse in the internal duel, both of whom currently have eleven goals. Deni Alar (Leoben) and Dario Tadic (St. Pölten) lead the scoring list in the 2nd league with 15 goals.
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