No prize for Bayern players: instead, Ribéry and Robben: another Bundesliga star wins Bambi

After Franck Ribery attacked a media representative on Saturday, he is now denied the Bambi Prize.

Berlin | The footballer Franck Ribery should have had a Bambi – but the jury has a few days before the gala is postponed. "Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry were originally expected to receive a Bambi for their outstanding performance as one of the most creative duets in the Bundesliga," said Hubert Burda Media on Thursday. German press agency.

Read more: Meeting in Munich: Ribery apologizes to the television staff

The decision was taken against the award, after Ribery physically attacked a journalist after the defeat at Borussia Dortmund.

Can not accept the behavior

"We can not accept such behavior towards media representatives as a press house and we are sorry that a great athlete like Arjen Robben is affected by this decision." First of all, the newspaper "Bild" talked about it. The Bambi was awarded Friday for the 70th time in Berlin. We did not know if another athlete had been rewarded.

Instead of the two Bayern players to receive a report from the newspaper "Bild", another star of the Bundesliga, the Sport Bambi: Claudio Pizarro from Werder Bremen. The 40-year-old is currently enjoying his seventh spring in the Hanseatic League and continues to offer outstanding performances even at the height of his (football) age. The Peruvian has scored two goals this season and is the most successful foreign player in the history of the Bundesliga with a total of 194 goals. Pizarro, who has played several times in his career for Werder and Bayern and made a trip between two matches in the English Premier League (Chelsea FC) is currently the oldest player in the Bundesliga. a foreign player.

Public apologies of Franck Ribéry

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In a short video on the website of the German football champion, Ribery said at his faux-pas: "It was not good, what I did, it's always difficult after a match, because I was very moved. " also to his family. "After Bayern 's 2: 3 defeat against Borussia Dortmund last Saturday, Ribéry, BEIN Sports France' s attorney, has engulfed him, announced Monday the TV channel at the request of the French Football Association. The station spoke of "insulting statements to Patrick Guillou", they were also physically badaulted.

Guillou was Wednesday during a conversation in Munich, in which Ribery apologized. "It's good that he came to Munich and we talked at length about the situation that occurred after the match in Dortmund," Ribery said. "The meeting was important to him and me."