Protesters unfurled Tibetan flags at a game in Mainz, Germany causing the Chinese team to walk off the pitchA tour of Germany by China’s under-20 men’s football team has been suspended after their first match was met with protests. The remaining games in Germany will be postponed, the German Football Association said, after a group of protesters unfurled Tibetan flags causing the Chinese team to walk off the pitch. The Chinese team was set to play in Frankfurt on Saturday before the announcement and was originally scheduled to play a total of 16 matches through May 2018. Photograph: Hasan Bratic/APThe group, four Tibetan refugees and two Germans, was from the Tibet-Initiative Germany group and the players only returned after they agreed to remove the flags. When you play in Germany you have to deal with the fact that anyone can express their opinion.

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2017 02:48 UTC