PARIS nike air max 270 flyknit scontate , Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol Thursday apologized for his comments on African players earlier this week but defended himself ""not a racist"".
The former Monaco, Bayern Munich and France defender was reported Tuesday to have suggested in an interview with Bordeaux newspaper Sud-Ouest's readers that African players lack "" intelligence and discipline"".
""If my lack of clarity or my imperfect semantics hurt or offended people, I'm sorry. I've never had any problems with anyone. Those were purely about sports but it was made into something political nike air max 270 donne scontate ,"" said Sagnol at a pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's Bordeaux-Lens Ligue 1 tie.
""When I spoke about cheaper Africans who are ready to fight, I was simply talking about the young African players who arrive in Europe with all the will to succeed and often escaping a bad situation, "" he said. ""We were in a sports debate and so the intelligence which I referred to is to do with tactics.""
""A lack of financial resources or infrastructure means African training is not as comprehensive as that provided in Europe and so they compensate for that through hard work. I didn't want to talk about intelligence in the sense of individuals nike air max 270 uomo scontate ,"" added the 37-year- old.
Lens coach Antoine Kombouare, however, was not satisfied with Sagnol's apology. ""Let's make things clear: This is not a case of him being clumsy. He's really messed up nike air max 270 nere scontate ,"" he said. ""What he said is serious. It's unacceptable.""
The one who defended Sagnol by saying he's clumsy was Bordeaux captain Lamine Sane. The Senegal international talked to French radio: ""He doesn't have any twisted ideas. He believes in all the black players in the team. We believe in him and we hope to go very far with him.""
The League of French Professional football (LFP) released a two- paragraph statement from president Frederic Thiriez, saying he considers ""this case to be closed"" following Sagnol's apology.
Sagnol, who took in charge of the French top-flight side this summer www.airmax270scontate.it , made some extraordinary comments generalizing African players and announce that they're not welcome to Bordeaux.
""There will be a lot less African players signing for Bordeaux because I don't want to find myself with 12 players who, every two years, leave for a couple of months nike air max 270 scontate italia ,"" said the boss, referring to the Africa Cup of Nations.
""The advantage of an African player is that he's cheap when you get him, ready to fight scarpe nike air max 270 scontate , but football isn't just about that,"" continued Sagnol. ""It's also about technique, intelligence nike air max 270 scontate , and discipline. You need to have it all.""
Bordeaux, now on the fourth position of the league table with a deficit of seven points away from the leaders Marseille, currently has six African players in the first team.
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