There is now a suspect in the Bochum cup throwing scandal. But because the game against Gladbach had to be interrupted because of this, VfL is now demanding a new meeting.
VfL Bochum demands after the cup throwing scandal in the Bundesliga match against Borussia Mönchengladbach (Here you can read more about it) a replay. VfL lawyer Horst Kletke said on Wednesday the German Press Agency. First, the “image” reported on the demand of the climber.
“We condemn the cup throwing, it’s a massive crime, there’s nothing to sugarcoat it, it’s condemnable, it’s unbearable,” said Kletke. “But if a criminal throws a cup, VfL Bochum is not to blame.”
Lawyer argues with legal and procedural rules of the DFB
The offender bought his drink completely legally and the club was not at fault for the crime. “That’s why the game has to be replayed. That’s in paragraph 18, the fourth point of the DFB’s legal and procedural rules,” said Kletke.
There it says: “If a national game is canceled prematurely through no fault of either team, it must be repeated at the same place.” According to Kletke, Bochum was only at fault if the perpetrator had smuggled the cup into the football stadium and the VfL security guards had overlooked him.
According to a joint statement from the police and the public prosecutor’s office on Tuesday, there is a suspect (Here you can read more about it). It is a 38-year-old from Bochum. The game against Gladbach was stopped on Friday evening when the score was 2-0 for the guests in the second half after assistant referee Christian Gittelmann was hit by a drinking cup.