After an early dismissal for Mats Hummels, the AS Rome was eliminated in the round of 16 second leg at Athletic Bilbao. The Basques won 3: 1 (1: 0), they had lost the first leg 1-2 in Rome.
Nico Williams (45.+3 and 82nd) and Yuri (68.) scored the goals for Bilbao on Wednesday evening (13.03.2025). In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Leandro Paredes shortened to 1: 3 by penalty, but that was no longer useful to the guests.
Hummels in particular experienced a used evening. After only eleven minutes, the central defender saw the red card. After a bad pass in the game structure of the ex-dortmund and Bavaria star himself, Hummels scored the ball at 0: 0 at the center line as the last man, but above all athletic striker Maroan Sannadi.
Hummels wants to iron out his own mistake and bring Sannadi down
Turpin mercilessly, Var does not intervene
Referee Clément Turpin immediately decided on red, and the VAR had no objection. Hummels couldn’t believe it and swear. With coach Claudio Ranieri there was a short handshake, then the 36-year-old disappeared into the catacombs.
For Hummels, who had recently played back in Ranieri in Rome, it was the first dismissal in the Roma jersey. The last time he flew off the square as a player of Borussia Dortmund in December 2023 – also because of an emergency brake.
Bilbaos Nico Williams took advantage of the long outnumbered and scored twice
Hummels apologizes to the fans
After the game, the central defender spoke up with an emotional apology on Instagram. “I disappointed everyone today, with a mistake that was just stupid and bad”wrote Hummels under his picture post.
“This kind of games used to always have always been the one in which my team could rely on me. Today I screwed it up and took the opportunity to win the Europa League to the club.”
Starting eleven chance unused
Last Sunday, Hummels received a lot of praise for over 90 minutes after his next assignment in Italian series A. “Mats’ performance I really liked”commented coach Claudio Ranieri, who was 1-0 (1-0) victory against the table 18. After two games on the bench after two games, bid again in a central role in central defense.
Hummels has only played two out of eight competitive games since February, so far the former international has only played seven games over the full 90 minutes. It is open whether he extends his expiring contract.