Overview

• Germany’s football federation opened investigations into two DFB-Pokal incidents after reports of racist abuse directed at players in stadiums.
• Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei filed a complaint over alleged abuse at Lokomotive Leipzig, with police examining the case.
• At RSV Eintracht versus Kaiserslautern, fans and security swiftly identified a suspected offender as supporters chanted “Nazis raus,” according to DPA.
• Mainz pledged to support legal action after racist and xenophobic online messages targeted Arnaud Nordin and Nadiem Amiri’s mother, publishing screenshots as evidence.
• Rot-Weiss Essen disabled Instagram comments following racist hostilities toward Kelsey Owusu, who apologized to Dortmund’s Yan Couto, and the club said Couto avoided serious injury.