Confirmed: No punishment for Modeste following "coffee brand" goal celebration
FC Köln striker Anthony Modeste will not be disciplined for a self-promotional goal celebration taking place in the 2021/22 Bundesliga's 31st round.
| Anthony Modeste. | Photo: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-SA 4.0 |
The 34-year-old will receive instead receive a warning that he must "refrain from such behavior" in the future. Modeste himself made clear that he did not feel as if the celebration was a self-promotional act afterwards. Calling it "a thank you to all of those who believed in me", the team's leading goalscorer denied that he was actively trying to sell anything.
