The official complaint of Union Berlin from Bochum contains the petition for repetition

Union Berlin's official appeal officially demands that either the 1-1 result of the encounter on December 14th or a complete repetition in the stadium, one of the old forester's shop in Köpenick, can be organized. The official order states that the game must be played again if a referee incorrectly weakened a match or a team by external circumstances.

In fact, there are precedent in such cases. For example, when an encounter with Matchday 27 was suspended between Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach during the 2021/22 Bundesliga season after a Bochum fan hit referee assistant Christian Gittelmann was awarded a 2-0 victory. Bochum did not protest.

The case was nevertheless different. Gladbach led 2-0 in the 69th minute when the incident occurred. The Union Bochum entered the 90th minute when Bochum keeper Patrick Drewes was hit by a torch that was thrown by the stands. The match was completed after a delay with the 1-1 goal line.

In any case, Union published an additional explanation on Saturday afternoon in which they explained their calling. According to the Capital City Club, the decision of the Federal Court aimed at restricting the use of pyrotechnics instead of concentrating on the determination of precedent.

The Union promised that civil disputes are also taken into account, even if they lose their final appeal. A long explanation signed by FCU President Dirk Zingler banged Bochum for persecution of the matter.

“Bochum tries to achieve a partisan sporting advantage from a situation that was equally stressful for both teams.”The statement begins. “They ignore the facts and the proper discretion of the referee and rate the game in contrast to the actual sporting result.

“This decision of the DFB Sports Court is fatal to football“The statement continues. “Instead of protecting the sports competition and the clubs in German football for the first time, a sporting result was re -evaluated to punish the misconduct of a viewer.

“Due to the fundamental importance for the integrity of the competition and thus for the protection of our club, we will also examine the opportunity to take civil measures in parallel. “ The explanation closes. “This dangerous development for football has to be stopped.“