“Absolute cheek” – Gladbach’s anger at Bibiana Steinhaus
Stand: 16.01.2021 | Reading time: 4 minutes
Objection: Felix Brych was wrongly advised to view the pictures. There he overlooked a crucial detail
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Stuttgart draws a penalty against Gladbach in stoppage time. The video referee wrongly intervened. The criticism of the Gladbachers was correspondingly large, which even referee Felix Brych joined.
EThe sixth minute of stoppage time was running when the ball flew one last time into the Mönchengladbach penalty area. Borussia deservedly led 2-1 against Stuttgart. After goals from captain Lars Stindl (35th, penalty kick) and Denis Zakaria (61st), the victory seemed to have come in when Nicolas Gonzalez (58th) conceded one goal. One action was still to be defended, but in the end Marco Rose’s team had no chance to save victory over the finish line.
And that was “because of two or three people who decided the game. Hopefully they will know that themselves ”, as Mönchengladbach’s Jonas Hofmann stated in a subsequent interview with Sky.
VfB striker Sasa Kalajdzic stumbled over the feet of teammate Waldemar Anton while walking backwards in Gladbach’s sixteen, leaned into opponent Ramy Bensebaini, and went down. Referee Felix Brych initially allowed the game to continue, but then received a tip from video assistant Bibiana Steinhaus – and, according to the pictures, decided on a penalty, which Silas Wamangituka converted to 2-2.
Gift accepted: Silas Wamangituka converts the penalty to 2-2 against Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer
Source: dpa / Marijan Murat
“He has both arms around him and pulls him down too,” said Stuttgart coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, assessing the decisive scene: “If he leaves his hands, nothing happens. But I can understand the resentment of the Mönchengladbacher. ”And understandably it was big.
“It’s an absolute cheek,” complained midfielder Jonas Hofmann, “I’ve never seen anything like it. The video referee is real … amazing! The striker runs backwards. Embolo has such a scene in play 50 times that the opponent’s arms are around his body. And there is never a whistle. And then to get the hint in the situation that it is a clearly wrong decision? That’s what it’s all about, ”said Hofmann, puffed through briefly and renewed his criticism.
Brych’s criticism of Bibiana Steinhaus
The Gladbachers’ accusation was unmistakable. Even if one wanted to discuss the question of whether the three-way fight in the penalty area was a penalty, the question of a clear wrong decision by Brych was quickly answered. This was simply not there and the video assistant Steinhaus had no basis for intervention.
“You can be smarter,” said Rose in the direction of his defender, “but if you look at the scene from different angles, you can see that Anton is causing Kalajdzic to stumble and that he is falling for Bensebaini. I wonder why Cologne is being added to this? The referee hadn’t whistled a penalty at all. “
Intervention from the Cologne basement: Bibiana Steinhaus recognized that her colleague Brych had made a clear wrong decision
Source: Wolfgang Rattay
He was right. And it is possible that Brych had not been provided with the necessary pictures at all to recognize that the Stuttgart-based team had ultimately run over each other.
An assumption that Brych refuted himself after the final whistle and admitted a mistake: “I only saw the hands in the game, and it felt a bit too little for me,” he said, describing his perception on the pitch. He did not recognize the contact on the ground when studying the pictures and Steinhaus did not point it out either, as he revealed: “I only saw that now with a time lag. It’s a complex scene because there are two contacts. One in the chest area and another on the floor. Unfortunately, this has remained hidden from us. Stuttgart can be happy with the penalty. “
When asked about the intervention of the VAR, Brych pointed out that he had not given the penalty in the game and at least “doubts” about the legality of the intervention were allowed. And this sentence can also be interpreted as a criticism of Bibiana Steinhaus’s performance: “My feeling was very good on the pitch.”
Christoph Kramer became clearer: “Is that the penalty situation? Was he whistled for that? “, Mönchengladbach’s midfielder asked in horror when he first saw the pictures:” That’s not even a foul in midfield. I’m a big fan of watching contentious scenes. But when you look at the scene, you can never, ever guess that this is a clear wrong decision. Everyone who has watched a lot of football and everyone who has ever played football … “he said and shook his head:” Giving penalties for this is actually not possible. “
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