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Reversal error: Wolfsburg coach Mark van Bommel
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The Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg was subsequently deprived of its 3-1 victory in the DFB Cup at SC Preußen Münster due to a substitution error.
The sports court of the German Football Association (DFB) granted the regional league's appeal against the valuation of the first round game on Monday after an oral hearing in Frankfurt / Main.
According to the sports court, the game was rated 2-0 for Preußen Münster.
Wolfsburg's head coach Mark van Bommel substituted a total of six players in the match on August 8 in Münster.
The Dutchman made three substitutions during regular time, and three other professionals were added in extra time.
According to the DFB statutes, this is not allowed.
Accordingly, Admir Mehmedi should no longer have been substituted for Maximilian Philipp.
The Champions League participant was apparently not aware of the relevant provisions of the DFB.
In the corresponding paragraph 31 it says: »During the game five players may be exchanged.
Any additional substitution beyond this in the case of games with overtime is not permitted. «A different rule applied to the European Championship and the Olympic football tournament with six permissible changes in the event of overtime.
The decision of the DFB sports court not only paved the way for Preußen Münster to reach the second round of the cup on 26/27. October. At the same time, the judge's verdict gave the fourth division team a fixed premium of around 257,000 euros. It is not the first time that VfL Wolfsburg had to be eliminated from the DFB Cup by decision at the »Green Table«. In 2004, the Lower Saxony had used their newcomer Marian Hristov, although he was still banned after a red card for his former club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
The Wolfsburg want to learn from the change faux pas at the competitive debut of van Bommel.
“This is extremely annoying, but unfortunately it cannot be reversed,” said Jörg Schmadtke, VfL's sports director, after the breakdown and announced that they would make sure that “something like this does not happen in the future”.
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