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Giorgos Katidis Nazi salute Goal Celebration
- Published_at:2013-03-17
- Category:Sports
- Channel:MondayMatterz
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- description: Giorgos Katidis Nazi salute Goal Celebration AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis has denied giving a Nazi salute after scoring the winner in Saturday's 2-1 Greek Super League victory over Veria. The 20-year-old midfielder was seen gesturing to the crowd with his right arm extended and hand straightened in front of his astonished Brazilian-born teammate, Roger Guerreiro. The Greek football federation called it "a severe provocation" that insulted "all the victims of Nazi bestiality". Katidis denied he gave a Nazi salute. "I am not a fascist and would not have done it if I had known what it meant," Katidis said on his Twitter account. The player - a former captain of Greece's under-19 team - was fiercely criticised on social media for the salute after scoring the winner in AEK's 2-1 victory over Veria in the Olympic stadium on Saturday. He insisted he was simply pointing at a team mate in the stands. The club have asked him to explain himself at a board meeting next week. But AEK's German coach Ewald Lienen has backed Katidis. "He is a young kid who does not have any political ideas. He most likely saw such a salute on the internet or somewhere else and did it without knowing what it means," I did not know what it meant! Young Greek ace in race storm after celebrating goal with 'Nazi salute Ο πανηγυρισμός του Γιώργου Κατίδη Ο πανηγυρισμός του Γιώργου Κατίδη
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