Chris Punnakkattu Daniel (CPD Football) and FC Bayern München Head Coach Carlo Ancelotti
Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich have issued a statement on the incident after last Saturday’s Bundesliga away game against Hertha BSC and regarding the German Football Association’s (Deutcher Fußball-Bunde – DFB) inquiry into the same.
FC Bayern Munich statement
We regard Carlo Ancelotti’s gesture in response to being spat at as an understable emotional reaction.
The DFB panel has accepted this position and will cease its inquiry. However, as an apology for his gesture Carlo Ancelotti will make a donation of 5,000 Euros to the DFB Foundation.