England: Southgate, Shaw respond to Euro 2024 semi-final referee drama before Netherlands clash

Gareth Southgate claims the appointment of previously suspended referee Felix Zwayer for England s Euro 2024 semi-final against the Netherlands is “not even a consideration”.

Zwayer, 43, was given a six-month ban by Germany s football federation in 2006 after working as an assistant alongside Robert Hoyzer.

The German referee was one of the officials who brought Hoyzer’s match-fixing plot to the surface, with the relatively short duration of Zwayer’s ban a recognition of that contribution. Hoyzer meanwhile was given a life ban.

Bellingham and Zwayer meet again

Later, after he referenced Zwayer’s involvement in that scandal following a defeat for his old club Borussia Dortmund against Bayern Munich in 2021.

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