Double change and the referee confuses: a team remains in twelve

On the field 12 against 11: it happened in the Dutch championship, in the Heerenveen-Foruma Sittard match. The guest team played with an extra man for almost a minute: to confuse the referee during a double change at the 43rd minute of the second half on 2-1 for the hosts. Fortuna carried out two replacements with Grujcic and Johnson instead of Fosso and Dahlhaus: the latter, however, did not leave the field with his team that played in numerical superiority 12 against 11. At the origin of the oversight a mistake Reporting of the luminous blackboard in which the number 20 appeared, that of Edouard Michut who, first went to the center of the field together with Fosso (the player replaced) and greeted the two companions who were about to enter but then, warned by the bench of the error, he returned to the field. Dalhaus who was to go out went to the coach to receive instructions on the race ending.

Among those who noticed the error was Robin Van Persie, Heerenveen technician, who reported to the fourth man that his opponents were on the pitch in twelve and Dahlhaus was released. The luck also managed to equalize by scoring the goal of the 2-2 final. The Dutch Federalcio is evaluating whether the match is to be considered valid or not.