Eintracht Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche criticized the referee team after the 1: 2 against Borussia Dortmund.
The 42-year-old was upset over a scene in the 42nd minute when referee Sascha Stegemann failed to decide on a penalty after a nudge from Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi.
“If we have this video assistant, then just use it. If you don’t use it, my God, then let it be, stamp the basement,” said Krösche, who did not want to express his criticism as an “alibi” for the defeat.
Stegemann admitted a mistake after the game and after watching the TV pictures: “There should have been a penalty. There was a clear impulse with both hands.” According to Stegemann, Kölner Keller checked the situation and did not classify it as a clear wrong decision.
Instead of a penalty for Frankfurt, there was a free kick for BVB. “These are things that really get on my nerves,” said Krösche.
Frankfurt’s Krösche: “But that’s a joke”
“We have this assistant. Then ask him. And if you then change your mind, that’s perfectly fine with me. But that’s a joke.” Krösche said he did not know whether Stegemann asked.
The Eintracht sports director basically criticized the video evidence: “We’ve had this discussion a few times. We’ve talked about it 840 times with the clubs, with the referees. I have no idea, I don’t know what they’re doing, especially how they use it. Sometimes they use it, sometimes they don’t. That’s for me – we can’t do it like that, we don’t need it. Then I’d rather say the referee makes a wrong decision, that’s human, not an issue. “