Former Bundesliga referee Babak Rafati took sides for the referee in the discussion about Felix Zwayer and urged the DFB to rethink.
It is a disastrous problem in professional football for both players and referees that the error culture assumes that he is pausing and then comes back to himself, Rafati told the TV broadcaster “Sky”. “It’s the worst thing there is. You have to give the player or the referee the chance to go out again and show that he can do it,” said the 51-year-old.
According to Rafati, bans after failure are counterproductive. These would tear you down completely, self-doubt would arise, it would affect the psyche. “I find it completely irresponsible to deal with people, with players, with referees like that. You have to confess mistakes clearly, you have to talk about them,” demanded the ex-referee.
Zwayer was heavily criticized by Dortmund after the top game between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich (2: 3). BVB young star Jude Bellingham verbally attacked the 40-year-old and even indirectly accused Zwayer of bribery, alluding to the 17-year-old referee scandal surrounding Robert Hoyzer. According to the court records, Zwayer, who helped uncover the scandal, accepted money like Hoyzer at the time.
You couldn’t attribute anything to him, said Rafati. The DFB must now take a clear position. “You have to protect your husband or you have to expose things that are not yet in the public eye.”
According to information from DFB chief referee Lutz-Michael Fröhlich, the Berlin Zwayer will no longer lead BVB games for the time being; he took a break on his own initiative.
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