Red card against Hannover
Derby faux pas: BTSV striker apologizes
October 27, 2025 – 2:05 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
The red card for Erencan Yardimci put Eintracht Braunschweig in trouble early on in the derby against Hannover 96. The day after, the striker was remorseful.
Erencan Yardimci addressed the team, the coach and the fans of Eintracht Braunschweig with emotional words after his dismissal in the Niedersachsensenderby against Hannover 96 on Sunday (0:3). “I’m really very sad about what happened yesterday,” the BTSV striker wrote in his Instagram story on Monday.
The Eintracht attacker grabbed his opponent Boris Tomiak’s neck with both hands on Sunday and was shown a red card for this choking gesture in the 20th minute when the score was 0-0. Being outnumbered, the Braunschweig team had no chance against their arch-rivals, who were superior in terms of play.
“I am aware that the consequences have affected each of us,” Yardimci’s story continues. “In such an important game, I lost control in a moment full of emotions on the pitch and let my team down in such a crucial game.”
After the action, Yardimci faced enormous backlash on social networks. It is important to him to emphasize that his behavior reflects neither his character nor his connection to the team. “I would like to sincerely apologize to my teammates, the coaching staff and above all to our fans, who support me in every situation,” said the striker. He made a mistake “in the midst of intense emotions.” He wants to learn the necessary lessons from this and continue to work on himself.
Eintracht coach Heiner Backhaus criticized Yardimci after the game and announced a penalty for the 23-year-old striker. However, he defended his player from the harsh criticism and hostility on social media. “I’m more likely to give him a hug today because he’s the biggest critic of himself,” said the Eintracht coach. “He feels sorry because he is a very level-headed, quiet boy.”
Yardimci is a player “who is totally reflective and often places too much blame on himself. I don’t want this to happen to him more often in his career. He is a player who is on loan from the Bundesliga and who needs this maturation process here. He puts a lot of pressure on himself and definitely wants to play in the Bundesliga again. We have to influence this now in analyzing this and in personal development. Because it can always happen that such a fast player Sometimes things get provoked on the field.”
Yardimci came to Braunschweig on loan from Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim in the summer. Since then he has played eleven competitive games for Eintracht, in which he scored three goals. Under Backhaus he is the undisputed regular player in the attack center. It is not yet known how long Yardimci will be missing from the BTSV due to a red card.