因遭到种族歧视及不公平对待，厄齐尔宣布退出国家队

Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect, the midfielder hitting out at what he perceived to be unfair discrimination surrounding his meeting with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, in May.

自从5月厄齐尔会见土耳其总统埃尔多安的风波后，这位中场球员对其一直以来饱受不公平的歧视待遇进行反击，因此他正式宣布退出国家队。

Ozil was a member of the Germany squad that went out of the World Cup finals in Russia at the group stage and was the target of criticism for his performances as well as his meeting with Erdo?an, who has been accused of human rights abuses.

厄齐尔是德国国家队的一员，德国队在本届世界杯的小组赛就被淘汰出局，舆论都在谴责厄齐尔的表现以及其会见埃尔多安事件。埃尔多安曾一度被指控侵犯人权。

The Arsenal midfielder has Turkish ancestry and defended his actions in a lengthy statement and one in which he launched a scathing attack on the German football federation (DFB). “For me, having a picture with President Erdogan wasn’t about politics or elections, it was about me respecting the highest office of my family’s country,” Ozil wrote on Twitter.

这位来自阿森纳的中场有着土耳其血统，他在一份冗长的声明中为自己的行为辩护，并严厉抨击德国足协。“对我来说,我与埃尔多安合影和政治或总统选举无关,这是对我家人国家最高职位的一种尊敬。”厄齐尔在推特上写道。

“My job is a football player and not a politician, and our meeting was not an endorsement of any policies. The treatment I have received from the DFB and many others makes me no longer want to wear the German national team shirt. I feel unwanted and think what I have achieved since my international debut in 2009 has been forgotten.”

“我是一名足球运动员而不是政客，我们的会面不是为了支持任何政策。我从德国足协和许多其他人那里受到的待遇让我不想再穿德国国家队队服了。我觉得自己不被需要了，而且我自2009年以来为国家队取得的成就已经被遗忘了。”

Making direct reference to Reinhard Grindel, president of the DFB, Ozil added: “People with racially discriminative backgrounds should not be allowed to work in the largest football federation in the world that has players from dual?heritage families. Attitudes like theirs simply do not reflect the players they supposedly represent. In the eyes of Grindel and his supporters, I am German when we win but I am an immigrant when we lose.

厄齐尔直接提到了德国足协主席莱因哈德.格林德尔，他补充道:“有种族歧视背景的人不应在世界上最大并有来自双重文化传统的家庭球员的足协工作。他们这种态度根本不能反映他们本应代表的球员。在格林德尔和他的支持者们看来，球队赢的时候我是德国人，输的时候我是移民。

“It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect. I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don’t. I feel unwanted and think that what I have achieved since my international debut in 2009 has been forgotten.”

“我怀着沉重的心情经过深思熟虑后，决定不再为德国国家队效力，我感觉自己受到种族歧视，没有得到应有的尊重。我曾经穿着德国队队服时心里常怀兴奋和骄傲，但现在我不想穿了。”

In a three-part statement posted on Sunday evening, Ozil was scathing in his criticism of Grindel. “I will no longer stand for being a scapegoat for his incompetence and inability to do his job properly,” Ozil wrote.

在周日晚上发布的一份包含三部分的声明中，厄齐尔严厉批评了格林德尔。他写道:“我再也不会因为他的无能和无法自如地完成他的工作而充当替罪羊了。”