Hardly any scene was discussed as up and down last weekend as the dismissal of Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano. Trainer Julian Nagelsmann later scolded like a sparrow. Now the DFB announces the penalty.
After the red card against Dayot Upamecano, FC Bayern only has to do without the defender for one game. The French national player was banned for one game by the sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) for unsportsmanlike conduct. Upamecano received a controversial red card from referee Tobias Welz for an emergency brake in the 8th minute of the 2-3 Bundesliga match against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday. The defender is missing for the Munich team on Sunday (5.30 p.m.) in the top game against 1. FC Union Berlin.
Coach Julian Nagelsmann had complained massively about the dismissal and had become abusive to the referee team in the dressing room ("softened pack"). Nagelsmann had apologized via social networks. Nevertheless, the control committee of the DFB has started investigations. The 35-year-old faces punishment by the sports court.
Meanwhile, referee Frank Willenborg has confirmed that there were no verbal low blows in the direct argument with Julian Nagelsmann last Saturday. "What is said in the dressing room stays there. However, I can say that the matter was discussed there without any insult," said the referee of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung". Willenborg was the 4th official on duty.
He put it on record that he only found out about it from the media: "He didn't tell us referees." Similar to the 4th official, Welz had previously made a statement. "We had a discussion at eye level," said Welz in the Sport-1 "double pass": "It was emotional, but no insults were spoken."
