Bayern Munich MUST be punished for fielding 12 men, slams Hamann as former club face goals deduction

FORMER Bayern Munich star Didi Hamann wants his old club to be punished for fielding 12 players at the weekend.

The German demanded the “mistake must be punished” as Bayern played on with 12 men for 20 seconds against Freiburg.

Reuters

Bayern Munich had 12 players on the pitch in the 4-1 win over Freiburg on Saturday[/caption]

The incident happened when defender Niklas Sule was brought onto the pitch to replace the already departed Corentin Tolisso, before a switch between Kingsley Coman and Marcel Sabitzer could take place.

Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann claimed that the mistake had nothing to do with the overall 4-1 result.

He added that it was a fault with the scoreboard, as Coman wore 29 instead of his new number 11.

Hamann disagreed and told Sky Germany: “It’s a violation of the rules.

“If one goes onto the field, another has to go down. It doesn’t matter whether they play 20 seconds, twelve or five minutes.

“There is no question in my mind that it must be punished.”

Bayern could see them stripped of the points with Freiburg potentially given the win instead.

DFB rules state: “If a player is not entitled to play or to field a game, the team that culpably fielded this player loses the game 0-2 and the opponent wins 2-0, unless the match has not been restarted by the referee after the player who is ineligible to play has been fielded.”

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Freiburg are in a battle for a Champions League spot with RB Leipzig and have not yet let it be known if they want to take action against the German champions.

Bayern play Villarreal away in Spain this week in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.