England midfielder was previously fined for criticism of the German referee and a reference to his ban in 2006 for his part in a match-fixing scandal
Uefa has given its full backing to Felix Zwayer, who will officiate England’s Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands as planned despiteThe governing body has no concerns about Zwayer’s suitability to oversee the game despite Bellingham describing him as “a referee that has match-fixed before” in a high-profile run-in during 2021.
According to Zwayer, he was asked by Hoyzer to fix the result of a 2. Bundesliga match between Rot-Weiss Essen and Cologne. “When I got this firm offer from Hoyzer, I went to my refereeing colleagues,” he said. “I stress once again that I strongly rejected this offer straightaway.” He has always denied being involved in Hoyzer’s fix of a game between Wuppertal and Werder Bremen B in 2004, although a DFB investigation discovered he had accepted a payment of €300 from Hoyzer.
The Bellingham row occurred during the midfielder’s time at Dortmund, centring on a controversial decision to award Bayern a penalty from which Robert Lewandowski scored the winner. “You give a referee that has match-fixed before the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?” asked Bellingham, referring also to other decisions during the game. Bellingham was fined €40,000 for his comments.
Shaw said he had never felt that a referee might hold an agenda against him. “In the heated moment you get angry and might think that, but whoever has been picked has been picked, we just have to be ready,” he said.Zwayer will head up an all-German team at the last-four clash in Dortmund. He will be assisted by Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmüller, backed up by the video assistant referee Bastian Dankert.
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