UEFA disqualified Schlotterbeck after a curious red card

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UEFA delivered its verdict on the incident involving Borussia Dortmund central manager Nico Schlotterbeck. Gravets to miss one offensive match under the UEFA championship through unsportsmanlike conduct.

A curious episode took place during the match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League against Atalanti in Bergamo, which ended in a painful defeat for the German team with a score of 1:4. In the tense remaining hvilini sustrich Schlotterbeck, having torn off a straight red card, was on the lava of the spare ones.

The footballer himself still does not understand the referee’s decision. In his words, if the Atalanti soldiers jumped up en masse with their skargs, they simply stood up and asked them to sit down.

" After the game, the judge couldn’t explain to me why he showed me the card,” the secretary said..

Natomist Bundesliga referee Manuel Graefe admitted that the reason for the suspension was the aggressive exit of Graz to the VAR review zone, the technical zone of the opponent or directly on the field.

Now head coach Niko Kovac will have to deal with personnel problems in defense for the upcoming European Cup match. In addition to Schlotterbeck's disqualification, UEFA also punished Borussia itself. The club, having rejected penalties for the unsportsmanlike behavior of the team, may pay 13,000 euros for damage to the stadium in Bergamo, as well as an additional 5,000 euros fine for disorderly conduct in the stands.

По материалам: goal.com