And now, finally, you can say it with Franz Beckenbauer: “Go out and play football.” So began a text by Rainer Koch entitled “breaking news”, which he posted on Tuesday evening on Facebook: The legal “drama” is finally over, according to the President of the Bavarian Football Association (BFV), a trained lawyer. The months of theater around the Bavarian DFB Cup starting place have finally come to an end. And it stays that way: The regional division FC Schweinfurt will play against Schalke 04, not Türkgücü Munich, the third division team that thinks they have a right to promotion and cup participation. The kick-off for the last outstanding first round match, which should actually have taken place on September 13, is now on Tuesday at 4.30 p.m.
At Schalke, as Schweinfurt originally planned, because a game in their own stadium without spectators doesn’t pay off. By the way, Türkgücü had planned to play the game on Wednesday in the local Grünwald stadium.
The decision was made, “final”, as Koch wrote, by an arbitration tribunal in Nuremberg, which the BFV had called upon. However, Türkgücü did not want to recognize this venue for the court finals and called the Bavarian Supreme Court last week with the reason: “There is no effective arbitration agreement between the BFV and Türkgücü Munich, especially not for a dispute about reporting to the DFB Cup. “
But there the application was rejected at the end of last week. The reasoning stated: “Arbitral tribunals are able to promptly bring disputes to a final decision, including on the main issue, in order to provide legal certainty and clarity for fast-moving football. These advantages of sports jurisdiction apply not only to the defendant, but also to the applicants. “
The oral hearing before the arbitral tribunal took place on Monday. Managing director Max Kothny traveled to Nuremberg for Türkgücü. And a few minutes after the “breaking news” on Tuesday evening, he had a very clear opinion on the result: It was a “Mickey Mouse court”, the verdict was “gushed” – and it should be written that way. Because the detailed justification is not to be made public until Wednesday, Kothny could not go into detail, but said only this much: “I am not surprised why the arbitral tribunal did not allow the public on Monday.”
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