DFB rejects Freiburg’s protest: FC Bayern can keep victory despite mistakes in substitution

DFB rejects Freiburg’s protest
FC Bayern can keep victory despite mistakes in substitution

The Bundesliga table does not have to be adjusted, FC Bayern does not get any points deducted again. The victory of the league leaders at SC Freiburg is briefly questionable because of a mistake made in Munich – but the sports court of the German Football Association rejects the protest.

The 4-1 win by leaders Bayern Munich against SC Freiburg, despite the error in the substitution, has endured even after a legal review. The sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) rejected the objection from Breisgau.

According to the verdict, the culpable use of a player who is not eligible to play cannot be blamed on Bayern, but goes back to “culpable misconduct” on the part of the referee. SC Freiburg waived an objection a few hours after the announcement, so the judgment is final.

“First of all, we assume that all FC Bayern players were eligible to play,” said Stephan Oberholz, chairman of the DFB sports court out to justify the serious legal consequences of a game revaluation.”

Freiburg justified its objection with the fact that Bayern Munich briefly had twelve instead of the allowed eleven men on the field during a substitution phase in the 86th minute and therefore, according to paragraph 17 paragraph two, a player who was not eligible to play or be deployed at that time was involved. Kingsley Coman failed to leave the pitch in time for a double substitution.

In the verdict, Oberholz refers to rule three of the football rules, which clearly defines the duties of the referee team during the substitution process. “They didn’t fulfill their obligation to check the number of players and the strength of the team. In the end, the referee continued the match without checking the permitted number of players again,” said Oberholz.

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