Overview

• Union Berlin and Baumgart accepted the Sportgericht ruling, making the suspension and fine final.
• Baumgart will miss Sunday’s home game against Hamburger SV and must stay off the inner match area from 30 minutes before to 30 minutes after the game with no team contact in that period.
• He was sent off in Frankfurt for kicking a paper ball onto the pitch shortly after being cautioned, with TV images also capturing a brief middle-finger gesture.
• The court deemed the gesture not directed at a specific person and noted his apology to the referees as a mitigating factor.
• Assistant Danilo de Souza is the leading sideline candidate for the Hamburg match according to media reports, with Kevin McKenna also mentioned from Union’s co-trainer group.