Ivory Coast coach accuses Germany of 'lack of fair play'

Toronto: Ivory Coast coach Emerse Faé has said Germany lacked fair play in their World Cup match on Saturday. 'We look to such nations as examples to help us improve, and I was a little disappointed by the lack of fair play shown by this German team,' Faé told the post match news conference. Germany won 2-1 from a stoppage time goal by Deniz Undav but Faé was mainly incensed about an 80th minute incident when Wilfried Singo went down injured.
'You would have expected a bit more fair play from a great nation like Germany when Singo kicked the ball out of play because of an injury,' Faé said. Singo held his thigh after a duel with Kai Havertz and kicked the ball out of bounds. He then went down in such a way that he was back on the pitch which led to an interruption.
This move made the Germans furious because it denied them a quick throw in as tempers flared. Faé meanwhile said that 'we would have liked them to pass the ball back to us.' Faé also said he had a war of words with German full-back Nathaniel Brown. 'I simply told him to stay humble. It's true, he played a brilliant game; he's part of a very, very strong national team. But I don't think he needs to speak ill of us just because his team are behind,or because the score is 1-1 and he'd like to win,' Faé said. — dpa