The German Football Association rejected the appeal, and bayern of "12 to 11" went unpunished! Who is being alarmist?

Last weekend' Bundesliga suffered a turnover, with Bayern in the Bundesliga playing a brief "12-11" against Freiburg. For this reason, Freiburg appealed to the German Football Association after the match, and the Sports Court of the German Football Association recently issued a judgment: the appeal of Freiburg was rejected, and Bayern's 4-1 victory in the match still existed.

Looking back at the controversy of the match, it appeared in the 86th minute, when Bayern chose to replace Koeman, the goal hero, with Sabitzer. However, Bayern manager Catherine, who was responsible for the substitution, "showed an incorrect shirt number", or 29 – this is the shirt number Koeman wore until 2021, but his current shirt number is 11. As a result, Koeman did not leave the field, but Sabitzer, who replaced him, made the appearance, so that Bayern once had 12 players on the field.

Soon, freiburg player Schrotterbeck discovered this problem and informed the referee on duty in time; according to the VAR referee Tsvaye, Boruss, who was the fourth referee of the game, also sensed that something was wrong and proposed corrections to Dingart. After the match, Dingott publicly explained: "We quickly noticed this, so the game was suspended. ”

After the suspension, the investigation found that Bayern did have a 12-11 situation. It may seem that this time is not long, but such obvious mistakes have indeed appeared, which naturally caused an uproar after the game. So much so that there are alarmist views that Bayern deserves to be punished, and even some experts have pointed out after analysis that "the result of this match should be changed to Bayern's 0-2 defeat".

Freiburg appealed earlier this week. However, following an investigation, the German Football Federation today announced that the Sports Tribunal dismissed Freiburg's appeal against the rating of the match. According to the DFB, Bayern did "have 12 men on the pitch for a brief time after the substitution phase in the 86th minute, instead of the allowed 11, one of whom was not eligible to play".

However, despite the error caused by Bayern manager Catherine entering the wrong shirt number on the substitution card, the Sports Court of the German Football Association ruled that Bayern "shall not be responsible for the improper use of players who are not qualified to play", and thus could not apply the requirements of Article 17( Paragraph 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the German Football Association (penalty for Bayern).

The German Football Federation clarified its responsibility in a statement: "On the contrary, the 12 players playing on the field were essentially due to misconduct by the refereeing team. In this regard, Freiburg can appeal the decision of the sole judge to the Sports Court of the German Football Association within one working day, but freiburg club has made it clear that it will not exercise this right.

"First of all, let's assume that all Bayern players are eligible for the game." Stephen Oberholz, the sole judge of the German Football Federation in charge of the case, explained: "Nevertheless, Bayern's fault was at best secondary, significantly lower than the misconduct of the referees, which from the point of view of proportionality is not enough to justify the serious consequences of changing the score of the game. ”

The duties of the referee are clearly defined in the rules of football. "The referee team of this match was clearly wrong in failing to perform these duties in several ways: the fourth referee put the substitute players on the field without paying attention, as the referee did, whether the replaced players had left the field beforehand", Oberholtz made it clear, "In doing so, the referee team ignored the fact that there were 12 Bayern players on the field, who did not fulfill their obligation to check the number of players and pushed the game to continue, without paying attention to the number of players on the field." ”

Looking back at the beginning of the season, Bundesliga side Wolfsburg eliminated regional league side Prussian Münster 3-1 in the first round of the German Cup. However, due to Wolfsburg's irregular substitution of the 6th man in extra time in the match (the German Cup allowed the 6th man to be changed in extra time like the European Championship), the German Football Association Sports Tribunal directly deprived Wolfsburg of the victory after the trial after the game.

Interestingly, the referee of the match at the time was also Dingart. According to Wolfburg's then-manager Van Bommel, he asked the fourth officer Fritz before the substitution and got a positive answer (Fritsch denied this). Dingott also admitted after the game that the referee team at the time did have a misunderstanding when communicating with Wolfsburg. However, Wolfsburg's defense did not work, and the sports court still ruled that Wolfburg was wrong, and then changed the score to a 0-2 defeat of Wolfburg.

With the lessons of Wolfsburg, Bayern's "turning danger into disaster" will inevitably be discussed by the outside world. Oberholz, who also rendered wolfburg's decision, explained why the two verdicts were diametrically opposed – because Bayern's situation was "incomparable" to the mistake Wolfsburg made in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

"At the time, Wolfsburg made a serious mistake, which included an unauthorized replacement of the sixth substitute without complying with known substitution rules. On the contrary, Bayern cannot be accused of making such a mistake. At that time, the referee team only played a "slight" complicity role in Wolfsburg's substitution mistakes, after all, the German Football Association had sent the rules of the game to the German Cup teams through official mail before the season, and Wolfsburg should have learned and understood these rules.

On the other hand, in this Bayern match against Freiburg, the referees did make a clear mistake in their "initial area of responsibility". Oberholtz concluded by stating that "the refereeing team had technical problems in the process of player substitution. The club is only responsible for determining who will appear and who will be replaced, while the supervision and handling of the substitution process should be the sole responsibility of the referee. ”

It should be added that long after this farce, VAR referee Tsvaye, who understands the specific process, confessed, "This is something that the sports court will clarify, and I do not believe that a potential appeal in Freiburg will succeed." After all, Koeman, who stayed on the court, was a player who fundamentally conformed to the rules, and it was the referee team who really made mistakes. ”

Despite this, Freiburg eventually appealed, but this choice does not seem to be Freiburg's intention, more like the result of pressure from the media and fans and even the internet explosion. In response, Freiburg said in an official statement early on, "We are in a dilemma, and this is not our fault." Nevertheless, the regulations and procedural rules of the German Football Association compel us to play an active role in carrying out legal inspections of processes. ”

Just after the German Football Association's decision was announced, Freiburg manager Streishi followed up, saying: "With this decision, we hope that there will be legal certainty in the future so that other clubs will not be trapped in this predicament." However, just after Freiburg appealed, there were many questions and ridicule, which made Streishi very angry: "In this matter, the referee team and Bayern have made mistakes, but in the end it is the third party (Freiburg) who has not made mistakes, and these criticisms even come from those who have made mistakes, which is really ridiculous." ”

The authoritative media "kicker" analyzed that Streicht's words were aimed at some "gentlemen" among Bayern fans. To put it bluntly, it is some Bayern extreme fans – these days they have always been speaking ill of Freiburg. In response, Bayern boss Nagelsmann stepped forward in time and said: "I think Freiburg's approach is clear and should not be condemned. I still think Streishi is excellent as a player and a coach and the competition in the game hasn't changed that. It's important for me to announce this again. ”

Leaving aside the problems of the whole life, Nagelsman's character and emotional intelligence are still quite high.