Thursday December 30th 2021
Break after top game trouble
Zwayer is no longer used at BVB
The chief referee protects Felix Zwayer – but his appearance at the top match between BVB and FC Bayern has consequences. For the time being, he is out of the question for Dortmund games. The excitement about his behavior and the attack by Bellingham is too great.
After the fuss about Felix Zwayer at the latest Bundesliga summit between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich (2: 3), the FIFA referee will no longer lead BVB games for the time being. DFB chief referee Lutz Michael Fröhlich confirmed this to the “kicker”.
“For us, unlike some outsiders, this is a less important topic. But in my opinion, in such a case or a comparable case, it would not be responsible towards all sides to start the same constellation again. said Merry.
Zwayer was heavily criticized by Dortmund after their 3-2 defeat. BVB young star Jude Bellingham attacked the 40-year-old particularly hard. The Englishman had even indirectly accused Zwayer of bribery, alluding to the 17-year-old referee scandal involving Robert Hoyzer.
According to the court records, Zwayer, who helped uncover the scandal, accepted money like Hoyzer at the time. Fröhlich contradicted this, because the file situation may not reflect the actual occurrences correctly: “Here was the statement by Robert Hoyzer that Felix Zwayer had taken money against that of Felix Zwayer, who denied it. In this situation, he has the verdict accepted, “said the 64-year-old. He also emphasized: “Whenever the process has been reopened in recent years, Felix had told me that he had not accepted any money.”
At the same time, Fröhlich criticized “the inglorious aftermath” of the top duel, which was equivalent to a tremor. “This game management and especially the person Felix Zwayer certainly does not deserve this kind of cross-border approach”, stressed Fröhlich.