BERLIN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Jens Lehmann faces a fine for having criticised the referee after being sent off in the German champions' 2-1 Bundesliga defeat to Bayern Munich on Saturday.The German Football Association (DFB) said on Monday it had
launched a disciplinary investigation after Lehmann called
referee Michael Weiner 'incompetent' and 'blind' in a post-match
interview with German television.
Weiner sent Lehmann off after the reserve Germany goalkeeper
claimed that Bayern striker Claudio Pizarro was offside when he
hit the winner in the 65th minute, sending leaders Bayern five
points clear of second-placed Dortmund at the top of the table.
Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer criticised Lehmann's
attitude in a newspaper column in which he slammed Bundesliga
players for not giving the referees enough respect.
'He (Lehmann) races out of his goal like a bull towards the
referee,' Beckenbauer wrote in Monday's top-selling daily Bild.
'He should not do that. He should stay in goal rather than
then wondering why he got a red card.'
Lehmann, who will be suspended when his side entertain TSV 1860 Munich on Saturday, should also be handed a fine.
Kaiserslautern midfielder Mario Basler was fined 6,000 euros by the DFB last month for saying that a referee who
booked him because he had contested a valid goal deserved to be
punched in the face.
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