Germany celebrations 'scornful', says angry Sweden coach

Sweden coach Janne Andersson ramped up his verbal attack on Germany today, calling the behaviour of some of their staff in celebrating their last-gasp winner "scornful".

Andersson admitted that his men, who face a do-or-die clash with Mexico on Wednesday, had suffered "turbulent" times following the dramatic 2-1 defeat to the world champions.

The coach was riled by what he felt were excessive celebrations by the German bench after Toni Kroos hit a spectacular 95th-minute winner on Saturday to rescue the team's hopes in Russia.

Germany have taken action over the incident, suspending two of their staff for provoking the Swedish bench.

Media coordinator Uli Voigt and Georg Behlau, head of the backroom staff, will not attend Germany's crunch match against South Korea tomorrow.

Adding to the sour atmosphere, Swedish substitute Jimmy Durmaz was subjected to death threats and racial abuse online by Swedish fans blaming the winger for conceding the free-kick that led to the winner.

Andersson, still clearly furious about what he previously described as Germany "rubbing it in our faces", said: "If I had not responded I would have been dead inside. It had nothing to do with football."
"When we heard, the group was annoyed, it is unacceptable," the 33-year-old
"But Jimmy is very strong as a person. We have let it go but will come out of it as a group much stronger."