Referee Bibiana Steinhaus made a gesture to the camera during the Bayern game against FC Augsburg. What was behind it?
- FC Bayern Munich defeated FC Augsburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga.
- Before the game there was a special gesture by referee Bibiana Steinhaus.
- The referee showed a "seven" in the camera.
Munich - Did you notice it too? Before the Sunday game of FC Bayern against FC Augsburg (2-0), referee Bibiana Steinhaus showed a very specific gesture. The referee held out seven fingers to the camera. But what did that mean?
"Seven": This gesture was shown by referee Bibiana Steinhaus.
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FC Bayern versus FC Augsburg: That meant the “seven” gesture by Bibiana Steinhaus
It is no coincidence that Steinhaus' gesture flickers across the screens on International Women's Day. Because Steinhaus wanted to allude to the female members of the DFB. Every seventh member of the German Football Association is female.
DFB women celebrate Bibiana Steinhaus for her gesture before the game
Many women celebrated Steinhaus on the net for their symbolic gesture. So the DFB women tweeted: "Cool socks! Thanks for the effort, Bibi!"
Cool sock! Thank you for your commitment, Bibi Jede # Every 7th #Women’s Day pic.twitter.com/JgK9b8BFJr
- DFB women's football (@DFB_Frauen) March 8, 2020National soccer player Lina Magull also posted this gesture on Instagram with the comment: "This makes us women and girls in soccer one thing above all: indispensable".
Check out this post on Instagram
* International Women's Day * ♀️Every 7th member of the DFB is female. With 1.1 million women and girls in football, we are one thing above all: indispensable # every 7th #Women’s Day
A post shared by Lina Magull (@linamagull) on Mar 8, 2020 at 3:05 p.m. PDT
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