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Elversberg Coach Calls Yellow-Red Card ‘Silent Protest’ After 4-3 Win

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Vincent Wagner said his yellow-red card during Elversberg’s 4-3 win at Borussia Mönchengladbach amounted to a “silent protest.”
  • Referee Martin Petersen acknowledged that he wrongly awarded Gladbach a goal after misjudging which player had put the ball out of play.
  • Wagner could miss Elversberg’s next Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich unless the club successfully appeals.

Vincent Wagner left the pitch before halftime after receiving a yellow-red card during Elversberg’s dramatic 4-3 victory at Borussia Mönchengladbach. The coach said he had neither complained nor gestured at the referee, calling his conduct “silent protest.”

It was silent protest.

· Vincent WagnerThe Elversberg coach described his conduct before receiving the yellow-red card.

The dispute followed Borussia’s second goal, scored by Hugo Bolin to make it 2-1 shortly before the break. Tim Kleindienst had taken a quick throw-in after a challenge with Elversberg’s Lukas Keidel, but the ball appeared to have gone out off Kleindienst. Elversberg should therefore have received the throw-in, according to the account.

Referee Martin Petersen awarded the goal. After the match, he admitted to DAZN that he had made the wrong decision after initially believing an Elversberg player had kicked the ball out. “From my perspective it looked as if the Elversberg player had played the ball with his foot and not Kleindienst. When I saw the images at halftime, it was exactly the other way around and unfortunately I made the wrong decision,” Petersen said.

From my perspective it looked as if the Elversberg player had played the ball with his foot and not Kleindienst. When I saw the images at halftime, it was exactly the other way around and unfortunately I made the wrong decision.

· Martin PetersenThe referee acknowledged his error in awarding Gladbach’s goal.

Petersen still defended the dismissal. He said Wagner had entered the field in the first incident, which warranted a yellow card, and then acted unsportingly again by moving toward the referee at halftime. Wagner rejected that explanation but did not want to prolong the argument. “I really did nothing in either case, but let’s leave it at that. The game was so great, let’s talk about that instead,” he said.

I really did nothing in either case, but let’s leave it at that. The game was so great, let’s talk about that instead.

· Vincent WagnerWagner responded to questions about the dismissal after the match.

Unless Elversberg wins an appeal, Wagner will be suspended for the promoted club’s next home match, against Bayern Munich. “We’ll see whether I’m now not allowed on the touchline against Bayern as a reward or as a small punishment,” he told Sky with a smile.

We’ll see whether I’m now not allowed on the touchline against Bayern as a reward or as a small punishment.

· Vincent WagnerWagner joked about the possible suspension for the Bayern Munich match.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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