Trouble after the Cup semi-final: DFB counters criticism of Bayern coach Flick

The German football Federation has rejected the criticism of Bayern coach Hansi Flick at the termination of the DFB-Cup games. "The election followed the usual principles. Crucially, the equal treatment of all Teams is to ensure the greatest possible equality of opportunity", was quoted in a DFB spokesman said on Friday of the "image". To take account of "was here in particular, the long break of the 1. FC Saarbrücken, and also that the finalists with a view to the final is very long preparation time,“ it said further.

The Coach of the German record champion, had referred to the final by a 2:1 against Eintracht Frankfurt fixtures as "unfortunate" and said: "Maybe you could make a semi-final, similar to how it plans to the Champions League after the round, to focus only on the championship." He had also said this from the beginning, internally as, "but, unfortunately, came at the DFB none on the idea of the implement. So, you must accept.“

The "Bavaria" will meet at the 4. July in the final in Berlin's Olympic stadium on Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen had in the semi-finals when fourth-division club 1. FC Saarbrücken enforced, because of the corona-induced forced break, and the termination of the season in the Regionalliga southwest for three months, no game was played.

According to the current legal situation might be in the DFB Cup final only a few Hundred spectators in the Berlin Olympic stadium and the meet only under very strict, for a football game logistically difficult to pads. "It's the containment measures regulation: section 4 of the events, gatherings, get-togethers and gatherings as before; in connection with § 1 of the regulation on the prohibition of large-scale events. I don't think we can set us as a sports administration,“ said a spokesman for Berlin's interior administration on Thursday on request.

According to the Corona-regulation may, despite the ban on public events from the 30. June 2020, "other events and meetings" under the open sky with up to 1,000 people in the capital take place. Minus the cadres and delegations of the finalists as well as media representatives, one Hundred seats remained, therefore, only a few in the Arena, which usually more than 74,000 visitors in the space.