Steffen Baumgart threatens a aftermath at Eintracht Frankfurt because of his middle finger gesture.
Coach Steffen Baumgart from Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin threatens after his red card at 4: 3 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt Further unemployment. The control committee of the German Football Association (DFB) has initiated an investigation due to a stinky finger gesture in the final phase of the game in Frankfurt.
Baumgart was initially asked for a written statement, the DFB said on Monday at the request of the German Press Agency (dpa). TV pictures show that Baumgart showed the middle finger in the hectic final phase on the edge of the field.
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Baumgart: “That didn’t go in any direction”
He himself wanted to understand the gesture against referee Sven Jablonski or another person. “I looked into nothing, that was in no direction, so everything was fine. That was an emotion that I had due to the video evidence and the previous situation,” said Baumgart. However, he also took care of: “Someone will find something.” If the control committee sees the scene as a gross unsportsmanlike, the football teacher threatens an additional punishment.
Shortly afterwards, Baumgart had seen the red card from Jablonski when he didn’t want to calm down in the final phase and, among other things, shot a paper ball onto the field. Baumgart will certainly be closed to his ex-club Hamburger SV for the upcoming game, in which Baumgart was responsible for a good nine months in the previous year. “Everyone can imagine that this annoys me twice,” said the 53-year-old coach after the wild 4: 3 victory Union.
Union coach Steffen Baumgart shows the middle finger in the game at Eintracht Frankfurt
When the Hamburgers travel to Berlin next Sunday, Baumgart sits for the second time in his short term at Union in a Bundesliga game in the stands. “Unfortunately, I only registered that afterwards,” he said. “It was my mistake. I have to live with that – and I hope everyone else can do it too.”
No improvement in sight
In March of this year Baumgart had in Home game against Bayern Munich has been missing beforebecause he had been warned four times on the edge of the field within a season. The opponent in his fourth warning was also the Eintracht at the time. “Somehow Frankfurt is not a good pavement when it comes to blocking,” said Baumgart.
In both cases, the trigger was a penalty decision by the referee, about which Baumgart mocked. However, the repeat offender did not want to improve in the future. “Anyone who is expecting an apology or that I say next time I will do it better – I’m too emotional to give 100 % security,” said Baumgart.
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