Höfler hit with three-match-ban following crimson card in opposition to Dortmund

SC Freiburg must do with out midfielder Nicolas Höfler for his or her subsequent three league matches.

Nicolas Höfler’s sending off in SC Freiburg weekend’s 2-4 loss to Borussia Dortmund will price the SCF midfield starter three league matches. The German FA’s disciplinary arm confirmed a three-match-ban for the 33-year-old on Monday night. Höfler stomped on BVB midfielder Marcel Sabitzer’s boot and was proven a crimson after a VAR intervention.

SCF coach Christian Streich will thus be unable to name upon him for upcoming league fixtures in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Augsburg, and FC Bayern München. This can truly be Höfler’s second suspension of the younger season. The veteran needed to sit out the opening spherical fixture as a result of a ban that carried over from final yr.

New Germany U21 call-up Merlin Röhl crammed in for Höfler within the match-day one victory over Hoffenheim and could be thought-about the seemingly substitute. Streich has one different defensive midfielder – 23-year-old Yannik Keitel – who may probably serve alongside common starter Maximilian Eggestein.