Dr. Helmut Fleischer To Referee BVB Match In Cologne
Dr. Helmut Fleischer will be the referee in Wednesday night´s West Derby between 1. FC Köln (Cologne) and Borussia Dortmund. Dr. Fleischer will be assisted on the sidelines by by Sönke Glindemann and Christian Bandurski. Fourth official is Dirk Margenberg.
Dr. Fleischer has so far officiated 19 Bundesliga matches with BVB involvement. The last match was the 3-3 at Bochum on March 29, 2008. The record under Dr. Fleischer is slightly positive with nine wins (the last one being the 2-1 at Hannover on May 2, 2006), three draws and seven defeats. Since his "penalty gift" six years ago in the home match against Cologne (!), the 44-year old doctor has not given a penalty for BVB.
Last season Dr. Fleischer only refereed thwo BVB matches: The derby in Bochum and the German Cup match at 1. FC Magdeburg (4-1).
Original article by Boris Rupert - translated by Chris Schuepp