After criticizing the female referee, the player had to referee a women's football match.

Kerem Demirbay has just been handed a special penalty for making offensive comments about a female referee in the German Second Division.

Kerem was sent off by referee Steinhaus.

Demirbay made a mistake when he criticized female referee Bibiana Steinhaus on November 29th: "Women are not suitable to work in men's football." This comment came after Demirbay was given two yellow cards by Steinhaus in the Fortuna Dusseldorf vs. Frankfurt match.

Dissatisfied with Demirbay's actions, Dusseldorf punished the player by making him referee a girls' youth football match. On December 7th, Dusseldorf posted a photo of Demirbay refereeing on Facebook with the comment: "This is the consequence of a young player making a mistake."

Kerem officiated a women's soccer match.

Demirbay also apologized to Steinhaus. "I shouldn't have said that. That statement doesn't reflect what I think about women," he said.

Demirbay, 22, is currently playing for Dusseldorf on loan from Hamburg, a Bundesliga team. The midfielder was born in Germany to a family of Turkish origin. Demirbay has previously played for the Turkish U19, U20, and U21 national teams.

According to VNE