For Werder Bremen and Fortuna Düsseldorf, everything on Saturday is threatened with relegation from the Bundesliga. Every little mistake can be decisive – even every mistake of the referee. And that’s why there is a stir before the last matchday about the appointment of the referees.
Because the German Football Association (DFB) has a curious referee schedule. In Harm Osmers, a native of Bremen whistles the game of Fortuna Düsseldorf against Union Berlin – while Fortuna fights in the remote duel with Werder Bremen for relegation.
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No question: Osmers, who lives in Hanover, is an integral sportsman – but with his approach, the DFB makes himself vulnerable before the kick-off. Düsseldorf sports director Uwe Klein doesn’t mind: “Maybe it’s good for us that he whistles. Because he doesn’t want to be said, he tries to be more precise, ”he says of the“ picture ”. But Osmers may only be under more pressure. Every mistake is viewed particularly critically.
Werder Bremen: Referee Harm Osmers in the criticism
Harm Osmers had just gotten into Werder Bremen’s anger. In the game against Bayern Munich (0: 1), he hadn’t left FCB defender Alphonso Davies in the 19th minute with red, although at the latest the TV pictures showed a clear assault against Leonardo Bittencourt. Now, with his decisions, he could again decide the fate of Werder Bremen.
By the way: The game between Werder Bremen and 1. FC Köln (Saturday, 3.30 p.m., live ticker of the DeichStube) whistles Bastian Dankert from Rostock. It is the first Werder game of the season for the 40-year-old. (han)
