FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) 鈥� Bayern Munich has lost an appeal against Luis D铆az’s one-game ban for a sending-off in the Bundesliga, even though the referee admitted his decision wasn’t the right call.
D铆az was sent off after a second yellow card for diving in on Saturday, in which he also scored Bayern’s only goal.
As a yellow card offense, it wasn’t subject to video review. After viewing a replay in a postgame TV interview with Sky Sport Germany, Christian Dingert said he had missed contact between D铆az and goalkeeper Janis Blaswich and added: 鈥淭he second yellow card is very harsh and when I see the images now, I wouldn’t give it that way any more.鈥�
That wasn’t enough for the German soccer association’s sports court to overturn the automatic one-game ban for a sending-off, however.
Court chairman Stephan Oberholz ruled Monday that Dingert’s comments weren’t relevant and that it wasn’t a 鈥渃ompletely wrong鈥� call because D铆az had been seeking contact with the opposition goalkeeper.
鈥淭he decisive factor is that the incident constitutes a decision of fact which can only be corrected if it is gravely, clearly and without any doubt objectively incorrect. That is not the case here,鈥� he said in a statement.
D铆az is due to serve the ban against Union Berlin on Saturday. Bayern can appeal the ruling.
Bayern has other squad concerns after three in its 6-1 win over Atalanta last week in the Champions League.
Alphonso Davies and Jamal Musiala were both out of action Saturday as a result, and a series of injuries to goalkeepers has made an option for the return game at home to Atalanta on Wednesday.
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