After red card: DFB hands down ban for BVB star Bellingham | OneFootball

After his red card in the away game in Freiburg, the penalty for Jobe Bellingham is known. The midfielder will miss the next two Bundesliga matches for BVB.

The penalty is set: Jobe Bellingham will miss Borussia Dortmund's next two Bundesliga matches. The DFB sports court suspended the midfielder for two championship games following his red card in the away game against SC Freiburg (1:1). This means the summer signing will miss both the last game before the winter break on Friday against Borussia Mönchengladbach (8:30 PM) and the year's opener at Eintracht Frankfurt on January 9. The verdict is final.

The sending-off occurred in the 53rd minute and marked the turning point of the match. After a risky and short pass from goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, Freiburg's Philipp Treu intercepted, reached the ball before Bellingham, and had a clear path to the goal. Bellingham tried to salvage the situation but was too late and brought Treu down. Referee Felix Zwayer correctly decided on a last-man foul and showed the Dortmund player the red card.

For Bellingham, the sending-off also meant an early winter break – and another setback in a challenging first season in Dortmund so far.

BVB facing personnel concerns before the match against Gladbach

The midfielder, signed for around 30 million euros from AFC Sunderland, has only partially met the high expectations so far. He has started only five times in this Bundesliga season, and his performances have been inconsistent. The red card in Freiburg also made him the fifth-youngest player to be sent off in BVB's history.

After the game, goalkeeper Kobel took the main blame for the incident. "It's a shame for him that he's missing now. That's on me, I need to play the ball better," said the keeper. Sporting director Sebastian Kehl also explained that the situation weighed heavily on Bellingham. "Someone always gets caught up in it – this time it was Jobe," Kehl assessed the incident.

For BVB, the suspension exacerbates the already tense personnel situation. In Freiburg, coach Niko Kovac already had to do without several key players. Against Gladbach, Dortmund is now under pressure to conclude a mixed year positively despite all setbacks – without Jobe Bellingham.

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