Being dubbed the successor to Zinedine Zidane when he first joined Real Madrid makes Ozil worthy of great praise. The impressive sentence conveyed by the fans does not sound excessive at all. It is necessary to laud the brilliant performance of the German man with passion. Ozil, who started his career with Schalke academy, deserves it all. He who has performed brilliantly since he was young, immediately became the mainstay of the blue-patterned team. For approximately two seasons appearing in the first team, Ozil was then proposed by another German team, Werder Bremen.
In Bremen, we all know that Ozil immediately became a star player. Through spoiled passes that were launched, a DFB-Pokal trophy was successfully presented. In 108 appearances with Bremen, Ozil managed to create 16 goals and 54 assists. With flashy statistics, it is only natural that Real Madrid are willing to spend 15 million euros or the equivalent of 246 billion rupiah to bring him to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The signing of Mesut Ozil not only started with his good game with Werder Bremen, but also when he emerged as one of the stars of the German national team at the 2010 World Cup.
Appearing at the Bernabeu makes Ozil get big praise. As previously mentioned, the nickname of Zinedine Zidane’s successor that was pinned did not make the player object at all. It was evident from his great contribution when he successfully led the club to win the La Liga competition in the 2011/12 season. In fact, his trophy offerings did not only end in the La Liga trophy, but also the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.
Throughout his career with Los Blancos, Ozil was able to record 27 goals and 80 assists from a total of 159 matches played. Right in 2013, Ozil surprisingly received an offer from Arsenal worth 50 million euros or the equivalent of 821 billion rupiah. Although many predict that Ozil will soon experience a career decline, in fact this is not entirely true.
In his first few seasons, Ozil was able to record a brilliant career that made his name still relied on by the German national team at the 2014 World Cup. Unexpectedly, the tournament became the peak of his career when a World Cup trophy was stolen to his country.
Being one of the main stars in bringing the German national team to the title, especially in the match when they destroyed the host team Brazil with a score of 7-1, making Mesut Ozil’s name immediately flooded with praise. The German people continue to give praise to make the name Ozil is often referred to as one of the best players Germany has ever had.
Again, this is not an exaggeration. What the fans are saying is purely because of the top-notch quality that Ozil has. But when the rice has grown tall and towering, the wind blows that come faster. Ozil who had walked with many praises, suddenly stumbled with an unforgettable insult.
It all started when he was still relied on at the 2018 World Cup. Appearing as the defending champion, Germany, which is still inhabited by a number of top-notch players, is included in the list of teams that are predicted to advance to the preliminary round.
But in fact not. They lost heavily by sitting at the bottom of Group F standings. Falling against Mexico, Germany, which had maintained hope by being able to beat Sweden, was even overthrown by the South Korean resistance. Germany lost 2-0 with a goal scored in the final minutes of the match.
From there, Ozil along with other players continued to be blamed by fans. But unfortunately, no insults came bigger than what Mesut Ozil received. Whereas in terms of performance, Ozil did not appear too bad. While playing in the group stage, Ozil managed to record 11 chances. In the match against South Korea, he was even able to create seven chances which were born from open play. But unfortunately, none of the opportunities that bear fruit.
After the match, Ozil was said to have clashed with fans. Ozil, who after playing the match against Korea, walked into the hallway of the locker room, received an insult that made him turn around while slamming the jersey he immediately took off. With riots deemed dangerous, Germany goalkeeper coach Andy Koepke and bodyguard Bjorn Bergmann stepped in to stop Ozil’s row with fans.
After the shocking news emerged, it was revealed that in addition to being disappointed with Ozil’s performance which was considered to be declining, fan hatred was also caused by a photo of the player posing with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The photo was widely criticized, even from the German Football Federation itself, which considered that Ozil had the potential to create a rift in the squad. even, some have questioned Ozil’s loyalty to the German national team. The photo that was spread before the 2018 World Cup was held even had time to make Ozil booed by German fans during international matches against Saudi Arabia and Austria. Due to German ridicule, as many as two sponsors decided to stop working with Ozil for fear of media opinion.
In this case, the German national team which includes the fans and the federation itself is considered to hate Ozil for reasons off the field.
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