Dutch banned from Twitter after Elia error

Viewers of the video - in which the winger appears to insult Moroccans - reacted angrily to Elia's comments, forcing him to apologise and prompting Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk to impose the ban.

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"I want to apologise to the Moroccan community but I am not a racist," he told Dutch media.

"I grew up in The Hague in a neighbourhood with 75 percent Moroccans and have a lot of friends among them.

"What I said was meant for a friend of mine, Reduan, who always calls me 'negro'... it sounds odd, but it is some slang."

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