Bundesliga

Scandal in Leverkusen

A game in the Bundesliga history: referee Zwayer interrupts the match between Leverkusen and Dortmund, because the Trainer refuses, on the stands to go. Hanover loses again.

Referee Zwayer (3.v.r.) attacks: interruption in Leverkusen

This is something Joachim Löw also have not yet experienced. The world champion’s Trainer, jumped on the stands of the BayArena with the shoulders and didn’t know quite what’s down there on the lawn in Leverkusen before going on. Even the spectators were at a loss when the referee suddenly in the 67. Minute the game stopped and the players straight for about ten minutes in the catacombs sent. Never had it given in this Form in over 50 years of the football League, and yet was Felix Zwayer quite compliant to the rules: Because ourselves Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt after request refused, the Coaching Zone to leave, interrupted the Umpires the game and let the parties Involved so long in the catacombs to wait for Schmidt to the interior of the stadium had left. After the restart, they had then to stand idly by as his team the game with 0:1 (0:0) against Borussia Dortmund and lost.

The frustration with the Leverkusenern was tall, Bayer’s sporting Director Rudi Völler had for the decision of the arbitrator no understanding at all: “The referee said, there is something more exciting to do. About the decision, you can discuss that but you can Roger Schmidt also reasonable to explain,” he told the television channel Sky. “To interrupt the game, and so a rush is conducted, was completely unnecessary.” BVB coach Thomas Tuchel showed understanding for his colleagues: “I can in him reinversetzen,” he said also in the Sky. “Emotions can sometimes boil over. This time, it was probably a bit too much.”

Decision by Aubameyang

During the entire season, had Schmidt with the decisions of the referee team quarrelled. As Dortmund in the 64. Minute after a quickly executed free kick and a goal by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the lead, burst Schmidt finally the collar. From the point of view of the Bayer-Official had the BVB-players apparently the free-kick a few metres too far forward to run, and did that Schmidt also loudly made it known. For Zwayer reason enough, the fiery coach to the stands to refer to what he’s Stefan Kiessling then also announced. The Leverkusen captain confronted Schmidt with the statement, whereupon this stubborn, and the disruption provoked. “I would like to not large to comment on. It was overall a Shitty Situation and unnecessary. He would go and he could say,” said Kiessling. Völler was clear: “I demand from Mr. Zwayer, that he is our coach says.” Instead, have the referee Leverkusen also still a clear penalty for handball denied.

Coach Schmidt remained unapologetic

In the first half, disappointing game developed into a fierce duel with a lot of small Fouls and interruptions. BVB coach Thomas Tuchel, the Team on five positions converted had brought in Marco Reus before the end of the game and a little more momentum into the game. Dortmund retained in the hectic final phase, the nerves and saved the 1:0 over time. Aubameyang became once more the match winner and scored his 21. Saisontreffer – only Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern München has once again taken. Borussia Dortmund remains next with eight points behind only Bayern-hunters, and increases the gap on Leverkusen to 16 points. Leverkusen slip to the Champions League Qualiplatz four.

For the head Coach, so it was a Moody trip to Leverkusen on some of the insights it has brought. A praise for the Bayer centre-back Jonathan Tah: “He is a player with great potential and makes a very concentrated, attentive impression” that it was Löw who is currently looking for Alternatives for the injured Jerome Boateng and Benedikt Höwedes. EM-candidate Bernd Leno is likely to have made a good impression – a small consolation for the defeated Leverkusen, which is now also a sequel by the DFB Jurisdiction threatens.

Hanover staggers in the direction of League two

The Worries of Hannover 96, however, always greater. The completion of the 22. Match day in the Bundesliga, lost the Niedersachten their home game against FC Augsburg with 0:1 (0:1). Ja-Cheol Koo (14.) was responsible for the decisive hit. 96 waits in the second half of the season in the fifth game on the first success under new coach Thomas Schaaf. Augsburg has after the
first Bundesliga victory in the 2016 four meter ahead of the playoff.

In Parallelspiel missed FC Schalke 04 make the jump to a Champions League place. The Gelsenkirchen had to come up with a 1:1 (1:0) against the VfB Stuttgart content. Younes Belhanda (14.) brought the hosts into the lead, Martin Harnik (74.) saved the Swabian, to a point, although the Siegsserie the best Rückrunden team after five Games ended.

All results and the table of the German football League, see
here. The summary of the Samstagsspiele you can
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