As Stefan Kießling once did: Phantomtor is causing unrest in German ice hockey

It is the excitement of the previous DEL game day: In the 3-1 win against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, the Augsburg Panthers score a phantom goal.

Augsburg - On paper it was a normal game on Sunday evening.

The Augsburg Panthers won their home game against the Nürnberg Ice Tigers 3-1 and thus settled in eighth place in the table.

Adam Payerl's goal in the 38th minute seemed like a side note, but there is more behind the goal to make it 3-0 than previously assumed.

As the DEL confirmed on Monday, the goal was scored illegally.

Phantom Gate: Memories of Stefan Kießling are awakened

“After carefully studying the various video perspectives,” the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) explained on Monday on

, the puck “apparently got into the goal from the side through the goal net.” So the Augsburgers cheered a classic phantom goal, as it was last Leverkusen's Stefan Kießling succeeded in the Bundesliga in October 2013.

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On Sunday (10.10.) The @aevpanther played against the @Ice_Tigers.

The game ended 3-1.

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"The league and the referee regret that the scene in the game was not rated correctly," the statement concludes.

In the excerpt from the game that was attached to the statement, it can be clearly seen how the puck flies through the left net of the goal.

More curious is the fact that the referees André Schrader and Andrew Bruggeman were probably made aware of the hole in the goal net by players and members of the Ice Tigers.

The video evidence was also not used, according to the DEL there was no reason for it in the game "from the perception of the referee".

“The re-examination has no influence on the game evaluation,” the DEL also announced.

After the 0-3, Nürnberg had only scored one goal through Blake Parlett (43rd) in the final third.

Phantom goal in the DEL: Nuremberg waives objection

As expected, the Swiss francs do not agree with this decision.

Nuremberg's sporting director and interim trainer Stefan Ustorf takes the DEL and its referees to the

: “We also regret that our references to the hole in the goal net before the game and immediately after the scene were apparently not enough to get the referees to do so move to check the gate in video evidence. "

According to the current status, the Nuremberg team want to forego an objection to the game standings.

(dpa)