Bundesliga star barred, new DFB rule leaves coach fuming

Bundesliga star barred, new DFB rule leaves coach fuming Leverkusen coach Carles Martinez was loudly complaining on the touchline during the DFB Cup opener against Wehen Wiesbaden. The reason? His striker Christian Kofane was “punished” for the first time under a new DFB rule. The reason: because the player he was replacing, Patrick Schick, took longer than ten seconds to leave the pitch after the substitution was announced, Kofane had to wait a minute before coming on. Fortunately for Bayer, they got through the 60 seconds a man down without any damage and scored the 3-0 shortly afterwards (69'). But the Werkself may want to think about another refresher on the rules. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.