“This is an absolute absurdity”
Streich bursts after Nagelsmann’s criticism
04/08/2022 8:59 p.m
In the game between Freiburg and Bayern Munich, the guests play with twelve men for a few seconds. After careful consideration, the club from Breisgau lodges an objection, which Julian Nagelsmann criticizes. The objection is rejected and coach Christian Streich is bursting at the seams.
Coach Christian Streich has sharply criticized the circumstances surrounding SC Freiburg’s appeal against the 4-1 draw against FC Bayern. “The only way you had to go because it was pushed to us, so to speak, because of this legal uncertainty, was to raise an objection,” said Streich after the Badeners’ protest had been rejected by the sports court of the German Football Association (DFB).
Bayern played 12 for a few seconds in the Bundesliga game last Saturday as a result of a mistake made in substitution. Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann had criticized Freiburg’s subsequent protest against the match rating. “I can’t understand why Freiburg is doing this – I wouldn’t have done it because you’re exploiting a third-party mistake,” Nagelsmann said, emphasizing: “Freiburg wouldn’t have scored two goals in those 18 seconds.”
Too much for the Freiburg trainer, who vented himself. “Now it’s about getting legal certainty in such cases. Personally, I very much hope that there will be other procedural regulations,” said Streich. “It can’t be that there are three parties. Two make a mistake, no insignificant mistake. Which is not bad at all. Everyone makes mistakes. I make mistakes too. And afterwards the third party is the one who is then sometimes being pilloried by those who made the mistakes. That’s an absolute absurdity. We heard that very closely.”
Your active role was “extremely uncomfortable” for the people of Baden. Because of their duty of loyalty and personal liability, the SC board members should have acted this way. “All of these points were obviously not taken into account by some or they did not understand what it was all about,” said Streich. Should there be other procedural rules in the future, “there was something good about it,” said the 56-year-old. “For us, the issue is closed.”