Last minute madness at BVB victory
“This is a scandal decision”
04/26/2025 – 7:08 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The final phase in Hoffenheim was explosive. While Dortmund cheered the victory, the home team is angry.
The controversial last minute win from Borussia Dortmund at TSG Hoffenheim (3: 2) heated the minds after the final whistle. While BVB coach Niko Kovač speaks of a “tight scene”, Hoffenheim’s Christian Ilzer is committed. “When Olli Baumann is the first to be on the ball, it is certainly a foul. But I saw that Carney (Chukwuemeka, editor’s note) was more on the ball,” said Kovač: “For me, that means that it is compliant.” But he “understand the annoyance of the Hoffenheimer”.
In the circle of the TSG, the controversial scene in the fifth minute of stoppage time “was very often looked at. We did not find the slow motion where Chukwuemeka was on the ball in front of Olli,” Ilzer countered: “Olli was on the ball beforehand, gets his knee against his head and leaves how the ball rolls into the empty goal.” Therefore, it is an “absolutely irregular goal” for him.
At 2-2, Dortmund’s Chukwuemeka appeared alone in front of Baumann. The keeper clearly touched the ball during the rescue operation, while the “black yellow” hit it on his face. The German national goalkeeper got up again briefly, but stumbled and quickly sank back to the ground after the head hit. Referee Benjamin Brand continued to run the game and Waldemar Anton shot the ball into the goal for a 3-2 winning goal.
From the video assistant (var) Robert Schröder there was no indication that the referee should look at the scene again. “This is a scandal decision. There has been the topic with the head injuries for a long time. You can see the drawn face of Oliver. Chukwuemeka does not hire the ball, crazy. Baumann is completely knockout. The fact that he doesn’t look at it himself is absurd,” Ilzer followed.
Goal scorer Waldemar Anton, on the other hand, saw no foul of his teammate: “He doesn’t really go to the head. It is annoying. Difficult to evaluate. No foul, there are worse things for me.” He could understand the resentment of the Hoffenheimer, said BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl. “Happiness for us,” known captain Emre Can: “If the referee whistles, we have to accept that.” It should be “running hard”.