During Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, Bayern goalkeeper Sven Ulreich hurled an insult in the direction of Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes. A video of Ulreich insulting Rolfes made the rounds on the internet, catching the attention of the Leverkusen man and the DFB. Rolfes was initially annoyed but, after an apology from Ulreich, said that the matter was over for him. But it was not over for the DFB, who took the insult personally and handed Ulreich a 20k fine and a one match ban.
Bayern’s director of sport Max Eberl was critical of this decision, expressing the following (as captured by @iMiaSanMia): “In my opinion, it’s too harsh. There were incidents a few years ago with Kevin de Bruyne [at Wolfsburg], who verbally abused a ball boy, and he only got a fine. I think that a fine and a game ban for Ulle now is excessive. We’ll not leave Ulle alone, we will get through this together.”
Verily, a one-game ban for the Bavarians’ backup goalkeeper will leave the club scrambling to reassess their game plan. Let us hope they can come up with something to combat this damaging absence…
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