In the second Bundesliga game on Monday between FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Frankfurt players Pirmin Schwegler came in the 48th Suddenly to the ground minutes after he was hit by a paper roll on the head. This was thrown by a fan on the pitch.
Now a 20-year-old high school student from Hamburg was accompanied by his father to the office of the association. He regretted the incident and also apologized to the affected players, it said. He also said he had intended that the paper roll should unwind in the throw. A display is thus probably saved him.
The DFB had already begun an investigation and could not seem to rely on video recordings. For the Hamburg club, the incident was all the more meaningful than a few months before the spectators side line referee with a beer mug met, after which there had been a penalty on the club.