A German Football Association (DFB) tribunal has awarded Leipzig a 2-0 win over Osnabruck after their DFB-Pokal match was abandoned after the referee was hit by a lighter thrown from the crowd. Referee Martin Petersen sent the teams off the field in the 71st minute of the first-round match on Monday after being hit by the lighter, thrown from an area of the stands occupied by Osnabruck fans. Osnabruck were 1-0 up at the time of the incident, and Leipzig had said they were willing to replay the match. But the tribunal ruled that it had to award Leipzig a 2-0 win because its rules mean that Osnabrueck were responsible for the behaviour of their own fans. Speaking after the abandonment of the game, Osnabruck's Nicolas Feldhahn told Sport1.de: "We're all sitting in the dressing room and are totally shocked and sad. "I've never seen anything like it. We're certain we would have won this game. I don't know what will happen now."
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