Maximilian Beister is banned for five games

Hamburg SV forward faces punishment after insulting referee during the match against Augsburg.

The 22-year-old HSV player Maximilian Beister received a yellow card after he kicked Daniel Baier while the players were fighting to win a ball, later the player showed his disapproval with the decision of the main referee was sent off.

The disciplinary tribunal of the German football federation ruled out that the forward was guilty of “an assault and of subsequently insulting the referee” and gave Beister a five-game ban.