The Bundesliga club Freiburg announced yesterday that it would appeal last weekend's 4-1 loss to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
In the 85th minute of the match, Bayern had a brief 12-man appearance (17 seconds). Referee Dingett revealed after the game that Bayern manager Catherine had entered the wrong number, and Bayern's substitution at that time was Zabitse for Koeman and Jules for Tolisso. But the electronic number plate shows Koeman's old number 29 instead of the new number 11, so Koeman didn't get off the field in the first place.
Why did Catelyn make this mistake? On the one hand, Koeman has worn the number 29 for 6 seasons at Bayern, and only changed the number this season. On the other hand, when Koeman changed her number, Catherine was on maternity leave.
Hernandez, Koeman and Mueller
According to the rules of the German Football Association, if a player who is not qualified for the match participates in the game, he will be sentenced to lose 0-2, unless the player has not started after the player has played. In this game, after the substitution, referee Dingott resumed playing.
In the first round of this season's German Cup, Wolfsburg changed one more person, and Wolfsburg, which won the final victory, was awarded the defeat. Interestingly, the referee at the time was None other than Dingott of Bayern and Freiburg!
After much deliberation, Freiburg said the appeal was considered on many fronts, particularly economic, sporting and legal, and that the substitution was not involved and that it held the unrelated parties liable. After in-depth discussions and legal review at different levels, the Freiburg Club Board of Directors decided to appeal.
In the Bundesliga table, Bayern currently lead Dortmund by nine points.