Next good news for FC Schalke 04: One day after the 2-1 away win in the top game of the 2nd Bundesliga at SV Elversberg – clearly outnumbered – the Ruhrpottklub was successful in its appeal to the DFB against the suspension of left-back Moussa Ndiaye. The Royal Blues announced this on Monday afternoon.
In the 51st minute, Ndiaye received a yellow-red card from referee Michael Bacher for repeated foul play. The TV pictures proved: It was not Elversberg’s winter newcomer who fouled Lukas Petkov, but Petkov who illegally stepped on Ndiaye’s right foot.
“After hearing the referee over the telephone by the sports court and examining the television images, it is clear that the Elversberg player actually fouled in the duel, while Schalke’s number 16 did not commit any offense himself,” said the S04 statement.
The referee Bacher “admitted that he was wrong about the player who violated the rules and that Ndiaye did not commit any other unsportsmanlike behavior in this scene.” This is “an erroneous decision by the referee, which is, without a doubt, objectively incorrect.”
According to current criteria, the video referee is not allowed to intervene in a traffic light card; this will only change from the World Cup in the summer. In this respect, the yellow-red card for Ndiaye initially stood as a factual decision.
FC Schalke 04 has already had success with Dzeko’s appeal
This means that the Knappen can rely on Ndiaye’s services in the upcoming home game on Sunday (1:30 p.m./Sky) against bottom team Preußen Münster.
In September 2024, VfB Stuttgart was successful in its objection to a similar case involving Atakan Karazor.
And Schalke had also successfully lodged an appeal a month ago when Edin Dzeko’s penalty following his red card against Hannover 96 was subsequently reduced from two games to one game. The presiding judge Stephan Oberholz spoke of a “special case”.
