Overview

• The DFB opened disciplinary investigations into the clubs involved after alleged racist abuse was reported in two first-round ties.
• Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei alleged racist insults at Lokomotive Leipzig, prompting a brief stoppage and a stadium announcement before play resumed, though the home club said it could not verify the slur.
• Schalke said Antwi-Adjei filed a police complaint and investigators are examining the report.
• FIFA President Gianni Infantino called the incidents unacceptable and said the Players’ Voice Panel will contact the German federation.
• In a separate tie at RSV Eintracht (Stahnsdorf), a Kaiserslautern substitute was allegedly abused while warming up, the suspected perpetrator was identified on site, and the match continued.