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Berlin (dpa) - Goalkeeper Andreas Luthe has clearly criticized the requirement for Gladbach's U23 coach Heiko Vogel to train a women's or girls' team due to unsporting behavior.
"To make women the object on which you can work off your punishment is the wrong way," said the 34-year-old keeper of the Bundesliga club 1. FC Union Berlin in the ZDF “sports studio”.
“What girls and women want in football is acceptance - and rightly so.
In my opinion, these measures do not help. "
Vogel had received a condition for unsportsmanlike conduct towards two assistant referees from the West German Football Association (WDFV), according to which he had to hold six training sessions for a women's or girls' team by the summer.
The Bundesliga and second division soccer players therefore sent an open letter to the German Football Association (DFB).
"This judgment discriminates against all women in sport and especially in football," it said.
DFB Vice President Hannelore Ratzeburg reacted understandingly to the letter.
"I can understand the great anger of the players and understand that they make themselves heard in public," said Ratzeburg in a statement published on Saturday by the German Football Association.
"I also find it incomprehensible that training a women's team should be prescribed as part of a penalty."
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