Leverkusen (dpa) – Rudi Völler has expressed understanding for the Freiburg protest against the rating of the 1: 4 home defeat against FC Bayern Munich and brought a solution from Italy into play.
“One can certainly understand this step,” wrote the outgoing sporting director of Bayer Leverkusen in a guest article for “Kicker”. “But it is also understandable that some of this club, which is so alternative in appearance, expected something different.” He was sure “if it had been 1-1, nobody would have thought of protesting. Freiburg reacted completely legitimately.” The league leaders temporarily had twelve players on the field in the game on April 2nd due to a mistake in substitution.
Völler suggested creating the possibility in Germany of being able to finish games at a later point in time. He suggested that back in 2013 when Stefan Kießling was awarded a goal in Leverkusen’s 2-1 win over Hoffenheim that shouldn’t have counted because the goal net was defective. “Repeat from the time of the drastic wrong decision or violation of the rules – I know this practice from Italy and consider it the least bad solution in a case where there is no perfect solution anyway,” wrote Völler.
Technically, this is still not feasible in Germany, Völler complained and demanded: “The encrusted structures and regulations must be broken up in order to prevent situations like the current one.”
