It’s the game of the ninth Bundesliga match day! On Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., BVB welcomes FC Bayern to a third-fourth duel. This classic has been promising excitement, high-quality football and explosiveness for years. The appointment of the impartial is already explosive this year.
For the first time in the history of the Bundesliga, a Bavarian will referee the hit game between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern.
As the “picture” reported, referee veteran Deniz Aytekin has been nominated for the game. It is therefore also the first time that Germany’s currently best referee is allowed to officiate the game between the two most popular Bundesliga clubs.
The 44-year-old lives in the district of Fürth and whistles in the Bundesliga for the Bavarian state association. It is therefore actually impossible that Aytekin will be awarded the contract for the BVB vs. FC Bayern game.
Since the corona pandemic, the statutes regarding the appointment of referees have been softened anyway, so now the next step.
Aytekin emphasizes before BVB vs. FC Bayern: “I’m Franke and not a Bavarian!”
Since there have been highly controversial referee decisions in a heated atmosphere between Dortmund and Munich in recent years, Deniz Aytekin should now ensure relaxation on the pitch with his experienced approach to the whistle and his pleasant interaction with the players .
“I’m preparing for it professionally – like for all other games. But one thing is clear: I can make mistakes too, we’re all just people,” said the referee, who won the DFB title for the second time this year after 2019. Referee of the Year”.
With a wink, he answered the newspaper’s question about the required neutrality as a southern German in the hit game in the Ruhr area: “I’m not Bavarian – I’m Franconian! That’s a difference.”
In recent years, after disputed referee decisions, there has been hostility towards referees Daniel Siebert and Felix Zwayer.