After his verbal derailment in the test match against Wisla Krakow, LASK trainer Dietmar Kühbauer is also threatened with consequences from the Austrian Bundesliga. “We are working together with the ÖFB to see if we can do something,” said league board member David Reisenauer on ORF and commented on the statements: “It’s very clear that we don’t want something like that.” While Kühbauer was punished internally by LASK , the league must first clarify responsibility before proceedings can be opened.
The friendly game took place on Friday at the training camp in Turkey – i.e. not on Austrian soil and under the regulations of the World Football Association (FIFA). Accordingly, the league must first clarify in a one-two with the local football association ÖFB whether they can initiate proceedings at all before Senate 1 (criminal and certification committee) or the ethics committee come into play.
So while this state of affairs is open, the cause itself is crystal clear. In the test gallop against the Polish second division team Wisla Krakow in Belek, Kühbauer had verbally abused the opponent (including “Hey, what’s up with the bewildered?”) and racially abused (“Drecksvolk”), which was recorded by a microphone during the live stream transmission.
First consequences for LASK trainer Kühbauer
The verbal derailment of LASK trainer Didi Kühbauer during a friendly in Turkey has consequences. While ÖFB and Bundesliga still have to clarify possible steps, there are already consequences within the club.
Kühbauer later apologized for this and sent the message via the LASK website: “It was a very tough test match, emotions ran high for a short time. I also used terms that were out of place and hurtful towards the opposing team. I would like to apologize for that. ”The current third party in the Admiral Bundesliga has dealt with the matter internally.
For LASK “topic is settled”
“We addressed it with all severity and clarity and also sanctioned it, so that’s the end of the matter for us,” said LASK sports coordinator Dino Buric on Tuesday on ORF. The question as to which sanctions were involved remained unanswered for the time being: “That remains internal. But the coach was very insightful and apologized to everyone in front of the assembled group,” stressed Buric on the sidelines of the league press conference for the start of spring on Tuesday in Vienna.
The people of Linz start on Sunday (6 p.m., live on ORF1, broadcast from 5.50 p.m.) with the home game in the quarter-finals of the ÖFB Cup against Austria Klagenfurt. After two away games in the league, the big highlight from the point of view of the black and white follows when the new home ground on the Linzer Gugl is inaugurated against Austria Lustenau with the Raiffeisen Arena on February 24th.
