A referee with a controversial past has been appointed to officiate England’s Euro 2024 semifinal with the Netherlands on Wednesday.
Felix Zwayer will referee the international match with a trip to the tournament championship on the line, despite a ban nearly 20 years ago for taking a bribe from a fellow official, Robert Hoyzer.
The soccer ref was banned for six months in 2005 for taking a $325 bribe to call a 2004 match between German club Wuppertaler SV and Werder Bremen Amateure in favor of Wuppertaler SV.
Bellingham seemed to question Zwayer’s integrity following a Bundesliga match where Borussia Dortmund fell to Bayern Munich. But on Monday, there didn’t seem to be any concern expressed by England defender Luke Shaw when he spoke at a press conference on Monday. “No, not at all,” Shaw told reporters. “We have to respect UEFA in whoever they decide to pick as the ref. That won’t change anything about us.
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