Good on him, the DM have been absolutely disgraceful this past week and it's about time someone called them out for it. You cannot imagine he'd have been treated this way if he wasn't foreign.
You can just feel the jealousy they have of him aswell though. You know all footbal journalists are people obsessed with the game but lacked the talent to actual play, so for them to see someone like them who had the aptitude and determination to actually get properly involved in the game is clearly sickening to them and they are incapable of hiding it.