Women's Bundesliga: DFB distances itself from criticism of female referees. The club reacted to a 4-0 defeat by 1.

FC Nürnberg with harsh criticism of the performance of the female referees and called for the introduction of male referees. DFB calls the criticism “very strange. Men are not automatically the better referees," said DFB Vice President Ronny Zimmermann when asked by the SID news agency. The direct reason for the Nuremberg statement was what the club believed was a “serious wrong decision” made by the team in the club women’s 4-1 defeat at Werder Bremen.