Jude Bellingham is investigated by German POLICE over comments he made on the referee Felix Zwayer
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Jude Bellingham is investigated by German POLICE over comments he made about referee Felix Zwayer’s past match-fixing… after Borussia Dortmund star referenced official’s six-month ban from football in his angry post-game TV interview
A furious Bellingham did not hold back in his post-match TV interview after Dortmund’s Der Klassiker defeat by Bayern Munich, taking umbrage with a number of decisions the referee made in the game.
After the match Bellingham let rip at Zwayer, making comments that are now being investigated by police after a criminal complaint was filed, according to Sky Germany.
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The case will now be forwarded to the Dortmund public prosecutor’s office, who will decide whether any criminal charges will be made against Bellingham.
BELLINGHAM: – You give a referee that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?
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— Viaplay Fotball (@ViaplayFotball) December 4, 2021
Dortmund were left frustrated after the official waved away their appeals for a penalty, only for him to award one to Bayern for a Mats Hummels handball shortly after.
In his interview, Bellingham told ViaPlay: ‘You give a referee, that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?
‘For me, it wasn’t [a penalty]. He [Hummels] is not even looking at the ball and he’s fighting to get it and it hits him.
‘You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game.’
The 18-year-old England midfielder was referencing Zwayer’s six-month ban from football by the German FA in 2005, when he was caught up in a match-fixing scandal.
At the time, Zwayer was found guilty of accepting a €300 bribe to help Bundesliga referee Robert Hoyzer, the main architect of the match-fixing scandal.