Lighter threshold: judgment causes excitement in the relegation battle!

Lighter threshold: judgment causes excitement in the relegation battle!

In the scandalous Bundesliga game between Union Berlin and VfL Bochum, which took place on December 14, 2024, the encounter was decided after a shocking incident. In injury time when the game was 1-1, Bochum's goalkeeper Patrick Drewes was hit with a lighter from the Union's fan block. Drewes, who was treated in the hospital with dizziness and nausea, could not continue playing. The game had to be interrupted for almost 30 minutes before it was continued with a substitute who had to help out in the goal, as the exchange contingent had already been exhausted, as the Krone reported.

After the incident, VfL Bochum appealed against the game rating. The DFB sports court decided on January 9 that the game for Bochum was rated 2-0, and rejected the appointments of Union Berlin and the other affected teams as inadmissible. Union Berlin, which appealed against this judgment, provides for a clear mistake in the decision and accused the DFB not to have sufficient evidence of changing the game result, such as the ZDF reported.

The final decision

The Federal Court of the DFB has now confirmed the evaluation of the game and thus galized the situation in the relegation battle. Bochum was able to pull beyond the 1st FC Heidenheim and thus say goodbye to a direct relegation zone. This shocking judgment had the minds cooked up, especially at Union Berlin, whose President Zingler vehemently protested the decision and announced consequences. The atmosphere remains tense while the clubs are preparing for an emotional final phase of the season.