Indoor tournament
Lukas Podolski apologizes after a bad foul: “There were emotions”
Former national player Lukas Podolski apologized on social media after a serious foul at an indoor soccer tournament in Katowice.
“There were emotions on the pitch, but after the game there was unity. Sorry for the hard foul. All the best for the season,” wrote the 39-year-old offensive player from Gornik Zabrze on the X portal about a photo with the fouled man, which he wrote gave jersey.
As videos on social networks show, the former Cologne player fouled his opponent from third division team Wisloka Debica hard shortly before the end. When the score was 4:1 in the game for third place, Podolski went for a tackle and caught his opponent with his open sole at knee height.
Podolski saw yellow and was then taken off the field, but before he said a few words to his opponent who was lying on the ground.
Lukas Podolski received a lot of criticism for a similar action in November
The 2014 world champion, who is ending his career in Poland, was already noticed in November for a serious foul. At that time, during the local derby against Piast Gliwice, he tackled one of his opponents from behind, hit his ankle and then made a derogatory gesture. He subsequently received a lot of criticism for this.
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