The shock is deep in the Signal Iduna Park when the English referee Michael Oliver suddenly mumbled in his pocket in the 29th minute – and BVB defender Mats Hummels (32) after a tackle against the Ajax Brazilian Antony (21) with red off the pitch.
Hummels stays cool first. Because he thinks: This tackle can never, ever mean red, because his use is tough, but Hummels hardly hits the opponent. The BVB kicker reassures his colleagues, seems to assume that the VAR will intervene and Oliver will convert the red card into a yellow card.
Oliver doesn’t look himself
But far from it! Oliver has the VAR in his ear, but doesn’t seem to have any intention of looking at the Hummels tackle himself – and actually sends the player into the shower. What a wrong decision that steers the game into the Ajax channels. In the end, the ten brave Dortmunders had to admit defeat 1: 3.
Hummels, who leaves the place with tears and standing ovations, then foams in an interview with “DAZN”: “It was an absurd wrong decision! I don’t know how you can give red as a referee at an alleged Champions League level. I told myself he had to look at it and then give it a yellow. He decided the game today. I think he knows. ”
Hummels: «Unsporting! A farce! “
It is not the first time that Oliver has acted as a red judge on the international stage. You only have to ask the Swiss Remo Freuler (29), who also flew off the field in the summer of the EM quarter-final against Spain from that same Oliver after a yellow tackle with red.
But this time, Hummels also sees unfair behavior on the part of «straddle victim» Antony: «The acting of my opponent Antony must not be ignored, it is grossly unsporting. It’s a farce. He’s a great footballer, now he has to become a great athlete … »
Referee expert: “I have no explanation”
In the “Bild”, referee expert Thorsten Kinhöfer (53) explains how he saw the scene: “Depending on how you stand, it can look like he’s completely blown away at real speed. But the video referee has to see that he slips past and hits him in the process. That’s a maximum of yellow! I have no explanation why the referee doesn’t at least look at it. “
BVB coach Marco Rose (45) is also beside himself: “I mean, he’s such an experienced referee. If people from there decide that you can really give the card like that – then I’m sorry. Then something is going wrong in football. “
Kobel: “Clearly no expulsion”
The Swiss Dortmund goalie Gregor Kobel (23) can not believe it either. He says on “Blue”: “At first I thought it was nothing – maybe a foul, of course. During the break I saw the repetition again. And then I had to say: This is clearly not a dismissal for me. It comes very, very early in the game and of course affects the whole game. And especially as a referee, you know that you can steer a game like this completely in one direction. “
The next direction for BVB is now towards Lisbon. There it goes on November 24th against the tied Sporting for a place in the round of 16. (wst)
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