Dennis Erdmann and his club denied until the very end that the Saarbrücken football professional made racist statements in the game against 1. FC Magdeburg. The DFB sports court, however, considered the allegations credible.
The DFB sports court has suspended Dennis Erdmann from 1. FC Saarbrücken for a total of eight weeks because of racist statements in the game of the 3rd soccer league against 1. FC Magdeburg. The 30-year-old defender has already played two games. In addition, according to the ruling on Monday in Frankfurt, he has to pay a fine of 3,000 euros. A spokesman for his association announced that he would appeal. At the same time, the club wants to have the ban lifted until a hearing before the DFB Federal Court.
“As a result of the taking of evidence, the sports court is convinced that the player has made the following statements in the direction of the Magdeburg professional Amara Condé: He should paddle home with his parents,” said the deputy chairman of the sports court, Stephan Oberholz. He also insulted him at least once with the N word.
Magdeburg teammates confirm allegations
In addition to Condé, his Magdeburg teammates Baris Atik, Sirlord Conteh and Leon Bell Bell confirmed the allegations against Erdmann on the first day of the trial. In contrast, the Saarbrücken players Adriano Grimaldi, Alexander Groiß and Luca Kerber, who had been invited as witnesses, as well as captain Manuel Zeitz, who was on the phone because of an illness, said that they had not heard any racist remarks from Erdmann during the game on August 25th.
Erdmann rejected the allegations again on the second day of the trial. “It was not an easy week and a half. It is still not easy for me to go to bed in the evening,” he said and assured the sports court: “You saw that I am not a guy who distinguishes between main colors.”
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