Antonio Rudiger needs to show \u201cclass\u201d and respect for others, German national team sporting director Rudi Voller has said, after the defender appeared to throw ice toward the referee during Real Madrid\u2019s Copa del Rey loss to Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Rudiger shouted at the referee and seemed to throw a small bag of ice during extra time in Madrid\u2019s 3-2 loss to Barcelona on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Rudiger has since apologized for his behavior, but the incident prompted former Germany player Dietmar Hamann to call Sunday for the defender to be left out of Germany\u2019s squad for the Nations League final four in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t do that. And especially not as a player for the German national team. He needs to change that and he knows that himself, his public reaction shows that,\u201d Voller told the dpa news agency in comments published Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cToni is a classy player, but as a player for the German national team he also needs to display class in his behavior. He rightly demands respect for himself (and) he needs to show this same respect to others without exception,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Voller\u2019s comments did not address whether Rudiger\u2019s conduct could have any impact on national team selection. He added he didn\u2019t want Rudiger to tone down his emotional approach to the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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