Freiburg (dpa) – CFO Oliver Leki from SC Freiburg was surprised at the reaction of RB Leipzig’s CEO Oliver Mintzlaff in the dispute over a common fan scarf for the cup final. “We make such common scarves, such partner scarves, friendship scarves relatively rarely anyway and if so, then there must also be a connection between the clubs and, above all, a high level of acceptance among the fans,” Leki told SWR on Sunday evening. “If that’s not the case, then we won’t do it.”
Before the DFB Cup final next Saturday in Berlin, the Freiburg team had banned the use of their logo and coat of arms for fan merchandise shared with Leipzig. Mintzlaff then accused the people of Baden of a lack of respect. “We had already made it very clear seven weeks ago that we didn’t want that,” said Leki. “For me, that has nothing to do with a lack of respect. Those are two different levels.”
Of course he has “respect for the work that is being done in Leipzig, which has also been set up there in sport in recent years. Of course with decent financial opportunities, that’s no question. But there are also many other clubs that are good or have very good financial opportunities and are not doing so well.” For him, that has nothing to do with one another.
“I was a bit irritated and found it a bit strange that the heavy artillery was brought up and we were accused of disrespect and I was personally accused of a bit of misconduct,” said Leki, who tried not to overstate the topic . “I took note of it. I didn’t think it was nice, because in the end we’re talking about a scarf.”
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