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24.03.2022Bayer 04

DFB fine Demirbay 10,000 euros

The German Football Association (DFB) sports tribunal has imposed a €10,000 fine on Kerem Demirbay for unsporting behaviour in a single judge hearing following a charge by the DFB control committee. The Werkself midfielder has already accepted the verdict and it now takes effect.
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Demirbay expressed his inability to understand a decision by referee Dr. Felix Brych in a TV interview following the Bundesliga match at VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday 20 March. Brych showed the 28-year-old a yellow card following a flare-up involving several players on 82 minutes. It was was the tenth booking for the Germany international this season; Demirbay is now suspended for the Bundesliga home game against Hertha Berlin on Saturday 2 April.

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