Zwayer: No conversation with BVB star Bellingham

According to referee Felix Zwayer, he has clarified the conflict with Borussia Dortmund with those responsible. Despite his wish, there was no conversation with BVB star Jude Bellingham.

“I just would have liked to talk to him about it,” Zwayer said ZDF sports studio about what happened in the top match between BVB and Bayern Munich (2:3) last December.

After Zwayer’s controversial refereeing decisions, Bellingham publicly brought up his involvement in the Robert Hoyzer manipulation scandal. Zwayer himself later reported death threats against him.

“What happened after that was triggered by a statement from a very young footballer. I would have liked to understand why he’s doing it and where it came from. I don’t think he has a very close personal connection to what happened in 2004. That’s why I wanted to I like to talk to him,” Zwayer said of Bellingham, who is now 18.

This had after the game Viaplay said: “You can look at a lot of other decisions in this game. What do you expect when you broadcast the biggest game in Germany to a referee who has been involved in match-fixing before?”

Zwayer: “Never had a problem with Borussia Dortmund”

Zwayer again emphasized his willingness to talk: “Basically, we referees in the Bundesliga are quite willing to hold talks. I wanted to offer a talk and take a step.”

Meanwhile, Zwayer reported on clarifying talks with BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke, as well as license player boss Sebastian Kehl and coach Marco Rose. “The issues have been discussed between those responsible, i.e. between me and the club officials at Borussia Dortmund,” said Zwayer. “We finally clarified the issue for all of us and said we’d leave it at that. That’s the way to go. Basically, I’ve never had a problem with Borussia Dortmund.”

The criticism from Dortmund that he was via image-Zeitung had made his offer of talks public, but Zwayer rejected it. “Everything that happens to us referees basically goes through the media. Nobody speaks to us directly in that way,” explained the 40-year-old: “In my opinion, the approach was correct at the time. I had a very strong one intention and wanted to place it in public. It was not my intention that it was received the way it was received. Nevertheless, I also admitted in a personal conversation afterwards that it was not happy. Nevertheless, I still have a big one Interested in entering into a dialogue.”

Zwayer also explained that after his self-imposed break, he no longer referees games involving Dortmund: “In the interests of football and because we all prefer to have peace and quiet and because we all prefer to see games where the referee is not the immediate focus, before he’s even blown the first whistle, it’s certainly good to let the grass grow over it.”

Scandal game between Paderborn and Hamburg: This HSV team was cheated by Robert Hoyzer

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Hamburger SV is a guest at SC Paderborn this Monday. Wasn’t there something? Correct! On August 21, 2004, this encounter – back then in the first round of the cup – was at the center of one of the biggest scandals in German football.

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Despite a 2-0 lead, HSV lost 4-2 in Paderborn. It later became known that scandal referee Robert Hoyzer had deliberately ratted out the game. He gave two ridiculous penalties for the SCP and showed Emile Mpenza a ridiculous red card.

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Hoyzer even ended up in prison in the course of the betting scandal and the ratted game between Paderborn and Hamburg. We show the HSV-Elf, which was cheated by Hoyzer at the time…

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TOR – MARTIN PIECKENHAGEN: “He cheated millions of people,” Pieckenhagen complained after the scandal about Hoyzer became known. After four years at HSV, the keeper still played at Heracles Almelo and in Mainz.

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DEFENSE – DANIEL VAN BUYTEN: After leaving HSV in 2006, played for Bayern for eight years. With the Munich team he won the Champions League and four German championships in 2013.

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BASTIAN REINHARDT: “It was already rumored at half-time that something was wrong,” Reinhardt once recalled the scandalous game. The defender played for HSV from 2003 to 2010, where he still works as a youth coach.

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RAPHAEL WICKY: The Swiss left HSV for Sion in 2007, then he moved to the USA. Wicky, who also played for Bremen in the Bundesliga, is now a coach at the Chicago Fire.

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MIDFELD – DAVID JAROLIM: “All I thought during the game was that the ref was totally blind,” Jarolim said of Hoyzer. Jarolim remained loyal to HSV from 2003 to 2012 and is now a youth coach in the Czech Republic.

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STEFAN BEINLICH: “What you whistle is the very best,” said Beinlich, who played for Rostock, Leverkusen and Hertha alongside HSV, to Hoyzer. His answer: “Look, I can do that much better.”

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SERGEJ BARBAREZ: “It was the low point for German football,” Barbarez said of the Hoyzer scandal. The Bosnian ended his career in Leverkusen in 2008.

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CHRISTIAN RAHN: “You just play 90 minutes, I’ll do the rest,” said Hoyzer to the SCP professionals before the game, according to Rahn. Rahn is currently training HSV II.

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MEHDI MAHDAVIKIA: The Iranian played in Germany alongside HSV for Bochum and Frankfurt. Most recently, Mahdavikia worked in the youth department of the North Germans.

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ATTACK – BENJAMIN LAUTH: The five-time national player came to HSV from 1860 – and had the Hoyzer experience straight away. Later still active for Stuttgart, Hanover again in 1860 and Budapest.

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EMILE MPENZA: Saw red after the first joke penalty because he allegedly insulted Hoyzer. Was later pardoned. Mpenza left HSV in 2005 for Qatar.

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SUBSTITUTION – NAOHIRO TAKAHARA: The Japanese came on for Lauth in the 73rd minute, there were no more substitutions. Played for Frankfurt before returning home in 2008.

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TRAINER – KLAUS TOPPMÖLLER: “After just a few minutes I said: It’s controlled,” Toppmöller once recalled the scandalous game. Particularly bitter for the coach: he was released just two months later.

Hoyzer scandal: Zwayer denies accepting money

With regard to the Hoyzer scandal, Zwayer emphasized in ZDF again that he never accepted any money. “I would have liked to refute it, but I didn’t have a chance to refute it,” said Zwayer. “I was a young person. Now you can say it might have been a bad decision. I should have tried to disprove it somehow.”

According to the documents, Zwayer accepted money from Hoyzer as an assistant. Later, Zwayer uncovered the scandal, and despite the suspension, manipulation was never proven. However, Zwayer was not banned at the time for allegedly accepting the money at which his testimony against the Hoyzers stood. Zwayer received the penalty because he had not immediately disclosed his knowledge of Hoyzer’s manipulations.