
Coach Manuel Baum announces a conversation with the 20-year-old defender and hopes to make an appearance now.
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Juma Bah saw a red card in the Bundesliga game against Union Berlin and was then racially insulted online.
FC Augsburg is planning to play Juma Bah in the second round game of the DFB Cup and is hoping that its defender will make an appearance now after racist insults at the weekend.
Coach Manuel Baum announced a conversation with the 20-year-old to find out whether the incident "can even push him because he says: It's sensational how we're dealing with it here and I feel super comfortable there and that just gives me security for everything I do here."
Bah had seen a red card in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Union Berlin (1-1) and was then racially insulted online and even threatened with death, as the FCA made public. The club assured the defender, who is on loan from Manchester City, of its full support in a statement.
Managing director Michael Ströll told Bayerischer Rundfunk that he was convinced that the perpetrators should not simply be left to the anonymity of the Internet.
Bah's reaction to the club statement encourages the coach
Baum praised the club's reaction as "really remarkable" and "really outstanding." The incident was discussed again within the team on Sunday.
Players, coaches and sports director Benni Weber talked about how we will never look away from such issues and will always stick together. Bah's reaction strengthens the coach. “He was sitting in the locker room with a smile on his face because he noticed how the club, how we were standing up to it and that we were all just sticking together,” said Baum.
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