Overview
- Referee Patrick Alt booked Rösler after he shouted instructions to 19-year-old Cajetan Lenz on the touchline.
- Rösler labeled the decision "a scandal" at his press conference and said the fourth official saw he was speaking to his own player but did not step in.
- The coach initially said he would not pay yet later confirmed he will settle the team's €250 internal penalty for such bookings.
- Bochum has amassed 68 yellow cards this season, reported as the most in the 2. Bundesliga, which keeps the fine system active.
- Defender Maxi Wittek said only unsporting cautions trigger payments and praised treasurer Niclas Thiede for enforcing the rule, and Rösler noted he had already been invoiced after the Dresden match.