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Holger Badstuber threatened after a dismissal and the subsequent referee insult in the second division match of VfB Stuttgart against Holstein Kiel a longer suspension. The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed that the DFB control committee has initiated a preliminary investigation against the former international.
Badstuber saw in the 0: 1 Schwaben on Sunday in the 53rd minute yellow-red, after he had kept a Kieler on the jersey. As he left the room, he grumbled in the direction of the referee: "You have become pussies!" On Twitter, the 30-year-old apologized for the derailment after the game.
Highly emotional game today. I felt wronged and reacted wrongly. I'm sorry and I apologize to everyone involved. I did not live up to my role model function. # HB28 #VfBKSV pic.twitter.com/Se7W2yXCXI
- Holger Badstuber (@Badstuber) October 20, 2019VfB sports director Sven Mislintat had called for understanding. "I hope you do not put the word on the gold scale," he said.
Badstuber's teammate Mario Gomez also commented on the incident: "Of course you do not, and he probably would not do it now, but in the situation that's football German." said the former international. Badstuber should now have an aftermath.
