Lawyer Schickhardt: Bellingham can not be prosecuted

Mr. Steinhardt, how do you rate Jude Bellingham's statement about Felix Player?

I accompanied all the procedures in 2004/05 and read every page of the files. Player has committed a huge error at that time. It was a youth typical misappropriate form. He had been too weak then to fight back. He has long lasted his appropriate punishment and has been resected. It is dishonest and a joke to recall this story after 15 years. But she still puts in the minds of the Bundesliga, once a year I get evidence of the then history if a club does not like a decision of this impartial. You have to give a referee the chance to return with honesty and performance from this long past history.

Does Bellingham have to expect sanctions?

It is not to be pursued what Bellingham said. His statement is indecent, but not objectionable, she is clearly covered by the right to freedom of expression. She is legal, but not legitimate. If you have worked like Player, you have to live with it. The DFB can not proceed against Bellingham in my view. The whole incident shows us but that it becomes worse with the video proof.

In what way?

The video proof destroys the authority of the referee in the square. The DFB and the league must finally confess color. Player had the situation in view on the field in the scene with Mats Hummels and an overall impression of complete process. The Var secretes the whole thing and pulls one moment when the arm comes into contact with the ball. The assessment of the referee in the field was not crass of bad decision, but from his gaze, his experience and a lot of fingertips. His decision was the right one. You can not demand a sovereign game line from the referees and then present them. Now the referee is only the executor of a technical situation.

What has to happen so that it gets better?

The Var has to take back. He should only intervene in confusion and clear swallows. Otherwise, you break the football. The football is not an operating room.