Criticizing female referee, player had to officiate a women's soccer match

Kerem Demirbay has just been given a special punishment for making offensive comments about a female referee in Germany's Second Division.

Kerem was sent off by female referee Steinhaus.

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

Dissatisfied with Demirbay's actions, Dusseldorf punished the player to referee a women's youth soccer match. On December 7, Dusseldorf posted a photo of Demirbay as a referee on Facebook with the comment: "This is what happens when a young player makes a mistake."

Kerem referees a women's soccer match.

Demirbay also apologized to Steinhaus. "I shouldn't have said that. That's not how I feel about women," he said.

Demirbay, 22, is currently playing for Dusseldorf on loan from Bundesliga side Hamburg. The midfielder was born in Germany to a family of Turkish descent. Demirbay has represented Turkey at U19, U20 and U21 level.

According to VNE