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Mats Hummels on his red card: »Absurd wrong decision«

2021-11-04T01:00:33.867Z


In the 29th minute, Borussia Dortmund's defense chief Mats Hummels had to leave the field against Ajax Amsterdam. Subsequently, he was annoyed with the referee and "the acting of my opponent".


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Controversial scene: The referee sends Dortmund's Mats Hummels (r.) Off with red

Photo: Christopher Neundorf / imago images / Kirchner-Media

Mats Hummels reacted with great incomprehension to his red card in the 1: 3 (1: 0) against Ajax Amsterdam in the Champions League. "I have no idea how you can give red," said Hummels on the DAZN streaming service. “I have no idea how, as a referee at a supposed Champions League level, you can get the idea to give red.” Then Hummels added: “I stayed right on the pitch. (...) When he stayed with Rote, I was really incredulous. That was an absurdly wrong decision. The game was decided by the referee today, and I think he knows. "

Dortmund's defense chief had already seen the red card in the 29th minute: Hummels brought down Antony with a tackle, but hardly hit the high-jumping Ajax professional.

The scene was reviewed but not revised by the video referee.

BVB coach Marco Rose said: “It's such an experienced referee who comes from England.

Who has the opportunity to control a first perception of people who are sitting in the warm.

Who can look at it in peace and actually do it.

And then actually decide from there that you can give the card like this.

Then I'm sorry, then something goes wrong in football.

For us it was very bitter. "

Even captain Marco Reus couldn't understand the decision: “It's not a red card.

Mats doesn't come from behind, but from the side. "

Hummels was also annoyed with his opponent Antony.

“The acting of my opponent shouldn't be overlooked.

That was grossly unsporting.

(...) Funnily enough, he even comes to me himself and says it's not a red card. «It was a farce and ridiculous, said Hummels.

"He's a great footballer, now he still has to learn to be an athlete."

After the defeat, Dortmund now have six points in Group C, as does Sporting Lisbon.

Front runner Ajax has twelve points.

You can read more about the course of the game here.

aar / dpa

Source: spiegel

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