Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Spat in the eye of an assistant?
Second division professional conceded a huge suspension
Football professional Clemens Fandrich will no longer play a second division game according to the will of the sports jurisdiction of the German Football Association: Fandrich is convinced that the sports judges spat in the eye of an assistant referee on purpose. He is banned for a long time for this.
The sports court of the German Football Association has ruled hard against Clemens Fandrich from second division FC Erzgebirge Aue. The 30-year-old has been banned for seven months, but can appeal to the DFB Federal Court within a week.
“The court had no doubts about the depiction of assistant referee Roman Potemkin, who testified that the player spat in his right eye in the 89th minute of the second division game against FC Ingolstadt on October 22, 2021, which Fandrich himself denies “, it said in a message from the DFB. The sequence of movements in the scene supports the portrayal of Potemkin. Before the trial, Fandrich had spoken of an “absolute lie”. “I didn’t spat on him.”
“Unfortunately, that was a sobering experience. The sports court assumes an assault and has imposed a sentence of between six months and two years, a seven-month ban. I do not agree with the result in any way,” said Aues board member and lawyer Kay Werner. It is an absolutely unacceptable sentence and one will “exhaust the legal remedies available to us”.
Fandrich vehemently denied having deliberately spat on the assistant. The midfielder had already missed the 1-1 draw in Hanover. Werner had announced at “Tag24”: “In the event of a sentence above the suspension that Clemens Fandrich served against Hanover, we will consider going to the DFB Federal Court or, if necessary, an ordinary court.” He immediately announced the going to the federal court on Thursday.