Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fanando Carro wants the German Football Association (DFB) to punish Arminia Bielefeld for not watering their pitch before the DFB-Pokal semi-final. Jonathan
Tah’s goal gave Leverkusen an early lead but Leverkusen were beaten by third-division side Bielefeld.
However, the fact that Bielefeld’s pitch was noticeably dry was not watered before kick-off, and Carro was unhappy.
“I am annoyed that they did not water the pitch before the game. I will have to speak to [DFB sporting director] Andreas Rettig about that,” Carro said. “
It is a failure of the team,” Carro said. “
The expectation was that we would perform at our best in the game and we did not. However, I am annoyed that they did not water the pitch. That is the regulation. The DFB should punish them. They cannot do that. โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที That is unacceptable.”
However, Carlo was congratulated by Bielefeld for having to navigate through the likes of Union Berlin, Freiburg, Werder Bremen and Leverkusen to reach the final, and said: “They deserved to win.” Asked
after the game if they had prepared the pitch in accordance with the rules, Bielefeld sporting director Michel Mutzel insisted the club had been acting in accordance with the rules.
“We spoke to the referee about this before the game. If you water the grass in the morning, you don’t need to water it again (before the game), we have already watered it enough,” Mutzel said. “We
don’t do that in the league (before kick-off), and why should we do it before this game? We will be at a disadvantage if we water the pitch.”