Did ex-VfL coach Mark van Bommel think of August 8th during the holiday period? On this day, he and his coaching team are in the first round of the DFB Cup in a duel at fourth division Prussia Münster made the change mistake of the year. Despite a 3-1 win, the Wolfsburg Bundesliga club was thrown out – by DFB judgment.
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Much ridicule and malice followed. Especially for van Bommel, who simply did not know how many players in the cup could be substituted on. The new Wolfsburg coach, who was only brought in in the summer, had made three substitutions during the regular 90 minutes, and Yannick Gerhardt was initially on the field in extra time. Then Admir Mehmedi and Sebastiaan Bornauw got ready. Makes six substitutions – the five “normal” ones, plus one extra substitution in extra time. However, the DFB statutes do not allow this!
One day after the game, Münster appealed, and VfL took the mistake with humor. Manager Jörg Schmadtke announced on the club’s website that they had been thinking about “registering everyone involved for a basic adult education course ‘Correct Reading'”. In addition, the Wolfsburg-based company advertised ticket sales for the first league game with an allusion to the substitution error made during the season against Bochum …
The matter with the cup ended at the DFB sports court. In the run-up to the negotiation it was leaked that the VfL bank wanted to have asked the fourth official Tobias Fritsch about a sixth change option – and neither he nor referee Christian Dingert prevented him from making the illegal substitution. Dingert then noted the substitution error on the score sheet. In the negotiation, Fritsch again stated that he had not given the Wolfsburg Bank permission for a sixth bill of exchange, but had merely pointed out the available bill of exchange slots.
The DFB sports court decided in favor of Münster, VfL in turn appealedHowever, at the end of August it was thrown out by the DFB Federal Court. Wolfsburg was finally out. Manager Schmadtke told us a few days laterAfter the great frustration at the mistake and how much it was on the tree had evaporated: “Let me put it this way: When I arrived in Wolfsburg after my return from Münster, I was down again. But the next morning in the office, most of the employees crawled under the table because they didn’t really want to talk to me. “
It is not known whether van Bommel was one of them. But this embarrassing end was always associated with his name. In terms of results, the games were then top for the former midfielder. It was won four times in a row, Wolfsburg was the Bundesliga front runner. However: In these games, too, it was evident that the Dutchman was unable to advance VfL in terms of football after difficult preparation (many players only came to the team gradually because of the EM). There followed eight games in a row without a win – and so the club gave on October 24, one day after the 2-0 draw against Freiburg, after only 116 days the separation known from van Bommel.
