During the match against Borussia Dortmund, which Dortmund won 2:1, Köln player Jahmai Simpson-Pusey was sent off with a straight red card after a VAR decision shortly before halftime. Trippel expressed his displeasure over the loudspeaker, shouting 'Pfui! ' (Boo!
). Later, in stoppage time, the VAR did not intervene regarding a possible handball by Dortmund player Yan Couto. ' The German Football Association (DFB) initiated proceedings on Monday, initially directed at the club 1.
Boo! Disgusting!
FC Köln, not Trippel personally. The DFB stated to Bild that they strongly disapprove of Trippel's statements and find them unacceptable, noting that stadium announcers must not negatively comment on referee decisions or incite the crowd against officials. According to the 'Handbook for Stadium Announcers and Public Address Announcers,' only neutral announcements may be made over the loudspeaker system, and in the Bundesliga, stadium announcers must remain strictly neutral.
The club criticized Trippel's behavior after the match through sports boss Thomas Kessler, who said, 'That is a topic that does not please me. ' Trippel apologized the day after the incident, telling Bild, 'The statements were already very emotional from me. But after a night sleeping on it, I do see that one certainly should not do that too often.
I will probably get into real trouble, but I have to get it off my chest: In the 95th minute, there was a clear handball in the Dortmund penalty area and no one even looked at it.
' He explained his attachment to the club, saying, 'I am not a stadium announcer who comes from a broadcasting station and otherwise has little to do with the club. ' The German Football Association is expected to open an investigation, and in case of sanctions, the club could bear the consequences.