New Delhi, June 26 -- Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae slammed what he considered were racist comments made about his team by former Germany player Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Schweinsteiger made the comments on German broadcaster ARD before Germany played Ivory Coast last weekend, when he spoke about what the German players could expect from their opponents.

"A bit African football, a bit unorthodox, a bit wild, a bit perhaps also not so conditioned by tactics. We have to be prepared for it to be unpredictable," Schweinsteiger said.

Fae led Ivory Coast into the World Cup knockout round for the first time in national team history with a 2-0 win over Curacao on Thursday.

Fae said after the win he hoped Schweinsteiger had made a "clumsy stateme...