For referee Christian Dingert there should be no personal consequences after FC Bayern made a mistake in the Bundesliga game at SC Freiburg.
“I would find it fatal as a message. You have to realize now: There was a mistake, everyone has a part in it,” said Lutz Michael Fröhlich, chief referee at the German Football Association, at a media workshop.
Fröhlich named Dingert, the fourth official (Arno Blos) and the Bayern team manager (Kathleen Krüger) as involved.
In the 4-1 victory of the Bundesliga leaders on Saturday in Freiburg, Munich were on the pitch for a few seconds at a score of 3-1 for a few seconds before referee Dingert interrupted the match.
The wrong shirt number had previously been displayed when Kingsley Coman was substituted. The Frenchman probably didn’t feel addressed and initially didn’t leave the field after a double substitution.
Error on the part of the referee
“There were errors in the course of the process that were on the part of the referees,” confirmed Fröhlich again. For example, the missing check-up after the change and before the game resumes. The referees are also required to ensure that if there are several changes within an interruption, as in this case, they are carried out one after the other.
“You have to work it out in peace,” said Fröhlich. This is also happening at the current training course for DFB top referees in Potsdam, in which 41-year-old Dingert from Lebecksmühle is also taking part.
SC Freiburg has until midnight this Monday to appeal against the game rating. Club officials are reviewing an appeal.