2024-07-06 03:03:25
As expected, UEFA punished the Turkish defender Merih Demiral, and naturally, his closest person – his wife Heidi – rushed to defend him.
The hero of the 2:1 victory over Austria in the 1/8-finals of Euro 2024 showed after one of his two goals in the match the sign of the far-right extremist group “Grey Wolves”.
The Eurocentral immediately started an investigation, as this gesture falls under the category of absolutely prohibited political messages and suspended the rights of the 26-year-old Demiral for 2 matches.
Thus, he misses today’s 1/4-final against the Netherlands, as well as a possible 1/2-final against our southern neighbor.
The Turk was punished “for disrespecting the basic principles of conduct, for breaching the rules of good conduct, for using a sporting event to promote unsporting messages and for discrediting football,” UEFA said in a statement.
In this case, it is a relapse, because Demiral has had problems before because of his political views, but apparently once again he decided to show how much of an Erbap he is.
His wife – Heidi, is a Swiss Vodel of Kosovar origin. She was immediately contacted by the Blik newspaper for comment.
“Merrich is not a racist. He is a very friendly, open and tolerant person”, says the 34-year-old beauty to the publication, who adds: “While we are talking, we can hear a baby crying”.
Heidi gave birth to Merich’s second son less than 2 weeks ago.
“The wolf is a symbol of Turkey. It has nothing to do with racism and fascism. In our family, we respect the different. Tolerance, kindness, love and generosity are basic values in which we will raise our children”, says Heidi, who 10 years ago participated in the “Miss Switzerland” contest.
She has no other way to talk about her husband, but it is clear to everyone that what he did was precisely in support of the “Grey Wolves”.