Sunday, January 09, 2022
Referee boss calls for clarification
Zwayer is taking a break after BVB criticism
After BVB’s 3-2 defeat against FC Bayern, things are going very well. Referee Felix Zwayer is the focus of BVB criticism. It’s also about the Hoyzer affair. At the end of December, the referee will be withdrawn from future Dortmund games. Now it is known that it is “not active at the moment”.
Referee Felix Zwayer is currently not whistling any Bundesliga games after the fuss about himself at the summit between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. “After his last international assignment before Christmas, Zwayer took a vacation for himself and is currently not active as a referee. That is self-determined,” said DFB referee boss Lutz Michael Fröhlich of the “Bild” newspaper. He spoke out in favor of dealing with the recurring allegations against the Berlin referee from the referee scandal surrounding Robert Hoyzer.
Zwayer was heavily criticized by Dortmund after their 3-2 defeat in early December. 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 Hoyzer scandal. Bellingham had to pay a fine of 40,000 euros for his testimony.
According to the court records, Zwayer, who helped uncover the scandal, accepted money like Hoyzer at the time. Fröhlich contradicted this again and said that there was testimony against testimony. However, “this story about the Robert Hoyzer affair would have to be cleared up at some point,” said the 64-year-old. “I would really appreciate it if you really knew what happened back then. This accusation of taking money or not taking money is in the room.” He himself has no reason to mistrust Zwayer at this point, as long as the opposite is not proven. “It would be impossible for me to lead games with this burden,” said Fröhlich.
At the end of 2021, Fröhlich had already confirmed to the “kicker” that Zwayer would no longer lead BVB games for the time being. “For us, unlike for some outsiders, this is a less important topic. But in my opinion it would not be responsible towards all parties in such a case or a comparable case to start the same constellation again. , had said Fröhlich.