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03-09-2018 | 15:58 Football
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Shkodran Mustafi could face a ban by FA for his political gesture with hands

Shkodran Mustafi could be fined by FA for his celebration after Arsenal scored their opening goal against Cardiff. Mustafi, who was born in Germany to an Albanian family from Macedonia, found the back of the net with a header, however then put his hands together and flapped his fingers in reference to the double-headed eagle, which is present on Albania's national flag. The same gesture was made by Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri  during World Cup aka and Xherdan Shaqiri made the gesture with their hands when scoring for Switzerland against Serbia. Fortunately for them, they escaped the ban, but Mustafi could confront it in case the FA deem his celebration to be a display of political symbolism.

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