Union Berlin appeals court ruling over Bochum goalkeeper hit by lighter

Union Berlin entreaty determination to grant lucifer to Bochum aft their keeper was struck by a cigaret lighter successful December.

Union Berlin is appealing a determination by the German shot federation’s sports tribunal to grant Bochum a 2-0 triumph aft Bochum’s goalkeeper was struck with a cigaret lighter during their Bundesliga lucifer successful December.

“It’s atrocious capable that radical repeatedly propulsion objects onto stages, into indoor areas oregon onto the transportation astatine concerts oregon sporting events. Unfortunately, there’s thing that immoderate lawsuit organiser tin bash to forestall it,” Union president Dirk Zingler said precocious connected Thursday.

Earlier, the sports tribunal had awarded Bochum a triumph implicit Union alternatively of the 1-1 gully that the teams played retired connected December 14.

That crippled was astir implicit erstwhile Bochum goalkeeper Patrick Drewes was struck by the entity thrown from the assemblage successful added time. Referee Martin Petersen suspended the crippled and led some teams disconnected the tract aft Drewes sat down and received aesculapian treatment.

The firelighter was held up by a Bochum subordinate to the Union fans pursuing the incidental [Maja Hitij/Getty Images]

Bochum did not privation to restart the game, but it resumed astir fractional an hr later, with striker Philipp Hofmann replacing Drewes for the remaining 3 minutes. Both teams agreed not to effort and people – which was besides an contented for the court.

“Such agreements contradict the basal principles of sporting competition,” tribunal president Stephan Oberholz said. Oberholz added that Union were liable for “a weakening of the Bochum team” arsenic the point had been thrown by a Union supporter.

Zingler feels otherwise. “The existent unsportsmanlike ungraded took spot connected the transportation and successful tribunal today,” Zingler said, suggesting Bochum had made much of the incidental than warranted.

“Whether determination is an impairment oregon weakening for 1 side, whether the crippled is abandoned oregon continued, indispensable ever beryllium the sole determination of the referee,” Zingler said.

“If the beneficiary enactment tin state themselves arsenic weakened, we nary longer request impartial referees and the doorway is unfastened to fraud oregon adjacent soiled tricks. The disadvantaged parties volition ne'er beryllium capable to beryllium the opposite.”

Patrick Drewes, centre, had to beryllium helped from the tract [Maja Hitij/Getty Images]

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