Swiss Olymipig footballer posted racist tweet after losing 2-1 to South Korea

[Rogue Trader]

Switzerland Olympic footballer expelled for alleged Twitter racism
• Offensive message was aimed at South Korea
• Michel Morganella's account is deleted

Monday 30 July 2012 17.56 BST

Switzerland's Michel Morganella, left, during his side's 2-1 defeat by South Korea on Sunday. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Switzerland's Michel Morganella has been expelled from the Olympics for posting a racist message on Twitter.

The Swiss Olympic team chief, Gian Gilli, said Morganella, a member of the football squad, was being stripped of his Olympic accreditation before Switzerland's final group match against Mexico on Wednesday.

He "discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korea football team as well as the South Korean people," Gilli said.

Morganella posted an offensive message aimed at South Korean people after Switzerland lost 2-1 to South Korea on Sunday.

Morganella said: "I made a huge mistake after the disappointing result.

"I wish to apologise to the people in South Korea and their team, but also to the Swiss delegation and Swiss football in general. I obviously accept the consequences for my actions."

The Swiss newspaper Le Matin published images of a tweet from the player's account [at]morgastoss. The account has since been deleted.

The 23-year-old defender is the second Olympic athlete kicked off a team for offensive Twitter comments.

Greece dropped the triple jumper Voula Papachristou last week after she posted a comment mocking African immigrants.

 

[jw5]

Hahaha, look at his haircut.

 

[Rogue Trader]

ANOTHER Olympic Athlete Has Been Banned For A Racist Tweet
Michel Morganella, a Swiss football player, has been expelled from the London Olympics for posting a racist message to Twitter, AP reports.

The Swiss team have confirmed that Morganella will not appear in the country's final match against Mexico.

While Morganella appears to have deleted his account from Twitter, Swiss newspaper Le Matin has published a screenshot of the tweet:

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The tweet roughly translates as:“I f*** all Koreans, go all burn yourselves. Ahahahaha bunch of ‘tards.”

Morganella is the second athlete to be expelled from the games for a racist tweet. Voula Papachristou of Greece was expelled from the team before she even made it to London.

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[Leongsam]

People who "tweet" are even dumber that the idiots who create facebook profiles.

Once again, vanity seems to outweigh sanity.

 

[garlic]

clearly shows he has no brains..

 

[Rogue Trader]

Once again, vanity seems to outweigh sanity.

never habour any high hopes for anyone with mohawk haircut

 

[king_of_abalone]

The tweet from the Greek jumper was worse.

To be born white and European, life has already been very good to them. So why the hate against Koreans and Africans?

 

[Kinana]

Should ban all those on this forum who made racist remarks too

 

[Kinana]

Blacks are the superior race when it comes to sports.

 

[soIsee]

Should ban all those on this forum who made racist remarks too

If you felt so this way, maybe you are in a wrong place, at a wrong time and with the wrong kind of ppl, which you are communicating with and for all that, you should have known that you were also born to the wrong ppl and not know why!

But still you stick around.

For FUCK?

 

[Papsmearer]

Should ban all those on this forum who made racist remarks too

I agree with u, u godamn smelly apuneh.