Sports director criticizes DFB judgment: distortion of competition in Augsburg?

Sports director criticizes DFB judgment: distortion of competition in Augsburg?

The DFB sports court rated the controversial Bundesliga game between the 1. FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum, which took place on December 14, 2024, 2-0 for Bochum. This decision has caused plenty of discussion, especially among the clubs involved and their representatives. As the DFB website reported , the game evaluation was decided on the basis of an incident, in which Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Patrick Drewes was hit and injured by a lighter. This led to a 25-minute interruption of the game.

Marinko Jurendic, sports director of Augsburg, commented on the judgment and spoke of potential distortation of competition. He criticized the decision of the DFB and emphasized that sporting decisions should be made on the field. Jurendic called for a review of the regulations and the handling of such incidents. Augsburg is currently in the table with 16 points, one point behind Union Berlin, but ten points in front of the bottom of the table Bochum, which gets into a better position through the current decision. nwzonline reported that other clubs in the relegation ski Due to the decision.

background to the judgment

The background of the judgment is the incident immediately before the final whistle when Drewes got a throw of a lighter and could not continue playing. The game was already 1-1 at this point and continued without Drewes after the interruption, which raised the question of possible sporting consequences. Bochum had already used up his replacement quota, so attacker Philipp Hofmann had to go into the goal for a short time.

Stephen Oberholz, the chairman of the DFB sports court, led the meeting on the DFB campus in Frankfurt and made it clear that the behavior of the Berlin viewer, who is responsible for the injury, justifies a game cancellation. According to his explanations, such rule violations are mandatory to result in game -related consequences. Immediately after the judgment, the Berliners announced that it would be before the DFB Federal Court.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien

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