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Referee Felix Zwayer is not whistling any more BVB games for the time being

SAs a result of the heated discussions after the top Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich (2: 3) at the beginning of December, referee Felix Zwayer will no longer lead BVB games for the time being. This is what referee boss Lutz Michael Fröhlich said in an interview with the “kicker”. “For us, unlike for some outsiders, this is a less important topic. But in my opinion, in such a case or a comparable case, it would not be responsible towards all parties to start the same constellation again “, said Fröhlich:” There should be some time left. “

The Zwayer debate was triggered by the young Dortmund star Jude Bellingham. The Englishman had verbally attacked the referee after the game against Bayern. “You give a referee who has pushed games before the biggest game in Germany. What do you expect? ”Bellingham had said. It was about the past of the Berliner and his involvement in the Hoyzer scandal. In 2004, according to the files, Zwayer had accepted money as an assistant from the mastermind Robert Hoyzer. He later uncovered the scandal, and despite the ban, manipulation was never proven.

According to Fröhlich, however, the files may not correctly reflect the actual occurrences. “Here was Robert Hoyzer’s statement that Felix Zwayer had taken money against Felix Zwayer’s, who denied it. In this situation he then accepted the verdict, “said Fröhlich:” Whenever the process has been reopened in recent years, Felix had told me that he had not accepted any money. “

On this basis, Zwayer was apparently rated by the referee bosses in recent years. After all, Fröhlich makes no secret of the fact that Zwayer’s career would otherwise have been over. “Anyone who has accepted money in order to manipulate a game management is basically unsustainable for the job of the referee,” said Fröhlich. With this, the referee boss comes a step closer to the critics Manuel Gräfe and Urs Meier. The previous top referees are unanimously of the opinion that Zwayer should no longer be active as a professional referee once he has accepted money.

At the same time, Fröhlich criticized the “inglorious aftermath” of the top duel, which was equivalent to a tremor. “This game management, and especially the person Felix Zwayer, certainly does not deserve this kind of cross-border approach,” stressed Fröhlich. Despite the recent discussions about his past, Zwayer is still one of the top referees. The Berliner is also on the FIFA list next year. The world association recently officially confirmed the report by the international referees on the part of the German Football Association (DFB).

In addition to Zwayer, Sven Jablonski and Daniel Schlager, Deniz Aytekin, Bastian Dankert, Christian Dingert, Harm Osmers, Daniel Siebert, Sascha Stegemann and Tobias Stieler will represent the DFB internationally. Jablonski and Schlager are new on the list. They replace Felix Brych and Marco Fritz, who no longer want to whistle on the big stage. The DFB is represented at the FIFA referees by Riem Hussein, Angelika Söder, Franziska Wildfeuer, Karoline Wacker and Fabienne Michel.

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