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Dejan Lovren denied he sang fascist songs or made homophobic tweets
Dejan Lovren, a centre again who has rejoined Lyon in France, on Friday denied he sang fascist songs after Croatian victories within the World Cup or made homophobic tweets.
“I used to be attacked,” the 33-year-old former Liverpool participant advised AFP in an interview in Lyon, the place he additionally performed from 2010-13.
“They distort in a destructive manner directly with out referring to the proper track. This has nothing to do with fascism.”
“For me, it’s a patriotic track about my nation, which implies that I like my nation.”
A video appeared after Croatia eradicated Brazil on penalties within the quarter-finals in Qatar, exhibiting the gamers singing within the altering room with Lovren and Marcelo Brozovic of Inter Milan on the centre.
Lovren raised his proper arm as they started singing alongside to a recording.
Some viewers claimed the track was ‘Za dom spremni!’ (‘For homeland – prepared!’) an anthem of the Ustase fascist organisation who co-operated with the Nazis throughout the Second World Warfare occupation of Yugoslavia.
On the 2018 World Cup, when Dejan Lovren was their workforce mate, he recorded himself singing a fascist track that begins with the Croatian equal of ‘sieg heil’ (Za dom spremni, utilized by the Nazi Ustaše). @LFC didn’t react & neither did his workforce mates. pic.twitter.com/LqUH3CdUYn https://t.co/mfNhSUVQWX— Smajo Bešo (@SmajoBeso) December 22, 2022
“The track we’re speaking about will not be ‘Za dom spremni’ however ‘Cavoglave’ which isn’t fascist in any respect. It goes again to the liberation of the nation and to the glory of Croatia, which all of us sing to have fun a contented occasion. My nation fought for its independence very not too long ago and remains to be underneath development,” Lovren mentioned.
‘Bojna Cavoglave'(‘Cavoglave battalion’) dates from 1992. It was successful for Croatian band Thompson. It was written by the lead singer Marko Petkovic, who fought in a neighborhood Croatian militia within the Yugoslav wars.
“It isn’t good that my keep begins like this. I respect everybody. The primary one that congratulated me after the World Cup was Novak Djokovic who’s Serbian. A rustic the place I’ve many mates,” Lovren mentioned.
In April, Lovren, who was taking part in for Zenit Saint Petersburg on the time, additionally attracted criticism after tweeting a photograph which appeared to point out him cancelling his Disney+ subscription simply after the American media firm had made clear its opposition to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Homosexual’ laws.
Lovren mentioned he had once more been misunderstood, including he had supported campaigns towards racism by soccer’s world and european governing our bodies.
“I’ve taken a stand for FIFA and UEFA, towards discrimination and racism, notably by supporting Moise Kean of Juventus and not too long ago Samuel Umtiti, in addition to for the rights of refugees. I additionally supported the Black Lives Matter,” he mentioned.
“I’ve all the time thought that discrimination had no place on the earth of soccer and now I’m attacked on this topic.
“As for the LGBT, there was by no means an issue and I by no means had an issue with all these topics.”
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