Overview

• The DFB-Sportgericht delivered its verdict after a more than five-hour hearing on conduct linked to the May 24 NFV-Pokal final between VfL Osnabrück and TuS Blau-Weiß Lohne.
• Court chair Stephan Oberholz said the attempt was chiefly initiated by Marco Antwerpen and deemed athletic trainer Tim Schütte’s testimony credible.
• The case centered on staff instructing Schütte to press loaned Lohne player Bernd Rießelmann to sit out by feigning injury, a request Rießelmann refused before playing.
• Antwerpen and Frank Döpper deny wrongdoing and can appeal to the DFB-Bundesgericht within a week.
• VfL Osnabrück dismissed both coaches on May 27, and their challenge to those terminations is set for a labor court hearing in mid-December.