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Football coaches can now be locked in the 3rd league and in the DFB Cup because of too many yellow cards. These new provisions after the resolutions of the DFB Bundestag of September informed the German football federation on Thursday.
Thus, a coach or other officials of a third division after their fourth yellow card for a championship game are blocked. Also in the DFB Cup, in which a maximum of six games per season to complete, will be blocked only after the fourth yellow card. The regulation only comes into effect on October 22, the previous season does not apply retroactively. Yellow cards are seasonal.
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Also in yellow-red and red cards there will be future barriers for coaches and other officials. "With a red card - like with players - the trainer or functionary is locked up to the decision by the responsible authority, without requiring a special procedure or a special notification", it was said by the DFB.
In the Bundesliga referees are allowed to show coaches cards since the beginning of the season. The first yellow card saw Steffen Baumgart, coach of the SC Paderborn, on the second matchday.