Cup game had to be interrupted
Schalke star comments on alleged racism incident
Updated on 17.08.2025 – 7:31 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
There was supposedly a racist incident in the cup game between Lok Leipzig and Schalke. The focus was on Schalke player Christopher Antwi-Adjei.
The Schalke second division professional Christopher Antwi-Adjei found clear words after presumably racist insults in the DFB Cup game at Lok Leipzig. “The skin does not go there, not in the present time, generally not at all. Scheiß-Nigger was called,” said the offensive player born in Hagen after the 1-0 work after extra time in Saxony.
The 31-year-old emphasized after the first round encounter that he was “relatively cool and calm” and that he gave the line referee a signal, “what happened. Not everyone said. For me it was an occasional call. I hope the person thinks about these words again.”
The encounter between the northeast regional master Lok Leipzig and second division Schalke 04 was interrupted in the first half due to presumably discriminatory statements. After 14 minutes, referee Max Burda kept in 0-0 consultation with the captains of both teams, after Antwi-Adjei was confronted with insulting statements in a throw-in of locomotives. According to a note by the stadium spokesman that discriminatory calls are to be avoided, the encounter continued after two -minute interruption.
“It is very, very disappointing, but we are now further. That is what should count, the sporty,” emphasized Antwi-Adjei, who was then whistled at every ball contact. “I will be whistled for mistakes from the fans. This is not bad, but a bit contradictory. It doesn’t fit together, but I could live with it,” said the Schalke.
The Leipzig press spokesman Carsten Maschulle had already stood on the Sky microphone during the half-time break. The association made research, but could not verify racist statements for the time being, he said. Neither an employee of the club who was near Antwi-Adjeis, nor other spectators in the area and the referee assistant have heard racist statements. “Then there was an announcement that racist statements have no place here. This is also our point of view as a club,” said Maschulle. “Racism and discrimination have no place on the soccer field.”