English - News: Three match ban for Pizarro / Diego under investigation

Bundesliga

1. FC Kaiserslautern	-	Bayern München	2:0
Werder Bremen	-	1. FC Köln	4:2
Schalke 04	-	Hannover 96	1:2
VfL Wolfsburg	-	FSV Mainz 05	3:4
Eintr. Frankfurt	-	Hamburger SV	1:3
1. FC Nürnberg	-	SC Freiburg	1:2
FC St. Pauli	-	Hoffenheim	0:1
Leverkusen	-	B. M'gladbach	3:6
VfB Stuttgart	-	Bor. Dortmund	1:3

Table

Pl	Team	Sp	Pkt
1	1899 Hoffenheim	2	6
1	1. FC K´lautern	2	6
3	FSV Mainz 05	2	6

4	Hamburger SV	2	6

5	Hannover 96	2	6
6	Bor. M'gladbach	2	4

7	FC St. Pauli	2	3
8	Bor. Dortmund	2	3
9	Bayer Leverkusen	2	3
9	Werder Bremen	2	3
11	SC Freiburg	2	3
12	Bayern München	2	3
13	1. FC Nürnberg	2	1
14	VfL Wolfsburg	2	0
15	Schalke 04	2	0
16	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	0

17	1. FC Köln	2	0
18	VfB Stuttgart	2	0

More reason for frustration: Claudio Pizarro was red carded for unsportsmanlike conduct at the end of the clash with Karlsruhe and has now been issued a three match ban.

News

08.12.2008, 22:34 CET

Three match ban for Pizarro / Diego under investigation
Werder striker Claudio Pizarro has been handed a three match suspension by the German Football Federation (DFB) following an individual hearing by the DFB’s supervisory committee on Monday. The panel issued the ban as a result of Pizarro’s slap against Karlsruhe’s Martin Stoll, which has been classified as unsportsmanlike conduct following provocation. Pizarro and Werder Bremen have accepted the DFB’s decision. The suspension means that the Peruvian striker will miss out on the final pre-winter break clash with VfL Wolfsburg (Sat. 13.12.2008) as well as the first two Bundesliga games in 2009 (against Arminia Bielefeld, Sun. 01.02.09 and Schalke 04, Sat. 07.02.09). In addition, the DFB’s supervisory committee have opened investigations into Diego. The Brazilian midfielder was captured on film as he grabbed KSC’s Christian Eichner by the neck shortly after Claudio Pizarro was shown the red card in the 90th minute of Werder’s 0-1 away defeat.