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Dresden. Tuesday night things are “out of the world,” writes Toni Leistner on Instagram. There is the incident that was discussed throughout Germany for one day, 24 hours ago. After the 1: 4 defeat in the DFB Cup at the Dynamo Dresden, the Hamburger SV football professional climbed a six-foot-high wall into the stands, grabbed a man by the neck and pushed him onto the step. . The incident overshadowed the match in front of 10,053 spectators at Rudolf Harbig Stadium, a record crowd.
The alleged fan had insulted Leistner, who was available for an interview with Sky television station after the final whistle, witnesses report. The night after the pro had described it like this: “I was insulted from the stands in my hometown after the game. Usually I can deal with it. But then it went way below the belt against my family, my wife. and my daughter … At that moment my fuses blew out, “wrote the Dresden-born former Dynamo player.
Leistner apologized for his reaction: “Something like this should never happen to me. I apologize in all ways for my behavior and can only promise that, no matter what insults are thrown at me, something like this will never happen again.”
The Dynamo wrote on Twitter: “It is shameful that Toni Leistner was insulted in this way by a fan of his home club after the game.” The mafia reported Tuesday afternoon to the Tag24 news portal and contradicted the representation in other outlets. According to a report in the Bild newspaper, he is said to have screamed that he would like to kick his pregnant wife in the stomach so that she could have an abortion.
“That was definitely not the case,” the trailer is quoted. The insults connected with the defeat of Hamburg. “It was not a word about the family,” said the unnamed man. He “got a little upset.” They were the “habitual phrases that the fans pronounce after a party like this”. For example: “You really screwed up the hamburgers with the 4: 1”.
He made accusations against the organizer and the club. “How can a loyal fan get attacked by a player and nobody cares?” He asks. No responsible person would have asked him about his state of health.
Apparently there was a change of mind during the day. In the evening, Dynamo reported on the website that the fan had independently informed the club and admitted his misconduct. In a phone conversation with Leistner, he admitted his mistake and credibly apologized for his provocations, President Holger Scholze said. Leistner confirmed the phone call in an Instagram post. They had “cleared up the matter between them,” the 30-year-old wrote. “Like me, he saw his mistake. I accept his apology, this is over between us.”
But not yet for Leistner himself. The German Football Association (DFB) reacted to the incident after the DFB Cup match between Dynamo Dresden and Hamburger SV. The control committee has launched an investigation against VHS professional Toni Leistner. The player will be asked to comment, it is said. The HSV defender is now threatened with suspension for his emotionally out of control action.
His association also worked on the action and, in turn, took position on the home page. “We made it very clear to him that we will not tolerate the incident, that we would have to find an internal way to deal with it,” said Jonas Boldt, a member of the HSV board. But we will not drop it or ridicule it. “The level of comments that Toni had to hear from the block is indescribable and unfortunately it is no longer an exception. We have to act in the face of such drastic insults, be they offensive, homophobic or racist, in football and also in society,” he demanded Boldt.
“My connection to Dresden is extreme”
Leistner’s wife had already made a similar statement on Instagram in the morning. “What unfortunately many forget again and again. Behind the professional footballer Toni Leistner there is a person like you and me. A father and a husband. What I saw yesterday is a massive problem in today’s society,” wrote Josefin Leistner in a Article. “The supposed anonymity on the Internet, or in the case of yesterday behind high football walls, is used to insult and abuse strangers for no reason (!). In my opinion, it is important not to see people like the club ‘ Dynamo Dresden ‘but rather these people, as part of a big problem. “
To do this, she used the hashtags “Stop Hating”, “Stop Bullying” and “Stop Mobbing” and added a video of her husband taking care of their daughter on a walk.
They are expecting their second child. “If I see my wife’s stomach, the birth of our child should start every second,” Leistner said before the game in Dresden. The date was only September 22, but he had agreed with the coach that he would be “on call anytime” if things started earlier.
Leistner played for the Dynamo between 2010 and 2014, but never had a real chance with the pros and therefore switched to Union Berlin. There he established himself as a second division player, became captain and eventually moved to England’s Queens Park Rangers. After half a year at 1. FC Köln, where he played 13 Bundesliga matches, the central defender has moved to HSV.
Before the cup duel in his hometown, Leistner highlighted his ties to Dresden in several interviews. “My connection with Dresden is already extreme. After my career I will return home,” he told the Bild daily.
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Dynamo pro Chris Löwe showed understanding for his colleague: “I think it hits him personally if he is insulted here. He is very connected to the region and the club,” he said.
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