dpa has a quote by Aliona to the Özil debate:
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/news/sp....urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-180729-99-339028
_ Aliona can understand his position. Everybody decides for himself, what's best. "If he is unhappy, it's the best decision."
_ She also occasionally has had the feeling of not being accepted, when she was skating with Robin. After her first win of WC a lad said to her: You're a foreigner, which was unfair an not nice.
_ "If you're giving your best for a country, you should be accepted the way you are and where you from."
_ "I'd feel better, if that had been acknowledged more. But I won't be saddened by it. I love Germany."
Background: Mesut Özil resigned from the German national football team citing 'racism and disrespect'. All, after a debate about his all smiles photograph with Erdogan took a nasty and often racist turn over the weeks following, particularly in social media and with some media outlets and in the end, he was blamed by many for the teams disastrous performance in Russia.
Since his resignation there's a widespread debate. So in consequence everybody is asked.
