Former Liverpool Star tears into Rudiger After Germany Loss

It is safe to say that former Liverpool man, Dietmar Hamann, who also was at one point a player for Germany isn’t very much a fan of Antonio Rudiger and his antics, specifically against Japan.

The former Germany international, Dietmar Hamann criticized former Chelsea star, Antonio Rudiger, calling him ‘unprofessional’ and ‘arrogant’ for being cocky during Germany’s 2-1 loss to Japan.

Many football fans were shocked once again that night when the European juggernauts were humiliated by Japan in Qatar in the World Cup opener.

Germany’s loss came a few hours after a weakly ranked Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina.

Prior to Takuma Asano’s late winning goal, Ritsu Doan’s equalizing goal for Japan gave the Asians all three points.

Rudiger, in contrast, displayed showboating as he shepherded the ball out of play while Germany was ahead 1-0.

Hamann also criticized the Real Madrid defender for his inappropriate gesture toward Japan.

“Rudiger knows he’s going to run the ball out of play and he lifts up his legs,” Hamann told RTE.

“You don’t belittle the opposition because it always comes back at some stage. I think it was very unprofessional. I think it was out of order. Arrogant. There’s no defence for it whatsoever.”