Because of the cup semi-finals
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After the dramatic semi-final exit in the DFB Cup, a disallowed goal at SC Freiburg caused a lot of trouble. Even striker Deniz Undav from the victorious VfB Stuttgart sharply criticized the referee’s decision.
“I don’t think you can make a worse mistake than a referee. Good for us, of course, but you can never, ever whistle that away,” said the national player after the defending champions’ 2-1 (1-1, 0-1) win after extra time. Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeneß could also understand Freiburg’s frustration. “You can’t dismiss the situation. We would have reacted the same way Freiburg did,” he said.
Freiburg’s Günter: “Then I have to end my career today”
What had happened? The sports club supposedly took the lead in the first minute of extra time. But even before Lucas Höler had shot the ball over the line, the team of referees around Tobias Welz had decided on a foul against VfB defense chief Jeff Chabot. “If this is a foul, then I think I have to end my career here and now because it’s really nothing,” scolded SC captain Christian Günter. “He runs against a 1.95 man, he just flies there and it’s never a foul.” Freiburg’s coach Julian Schuster also recognized a “regular” goal.
The people of Baden felt disadvantaged in several scenes. They had already called for a penalty in the first half after Angelo Stiller made contact in a duel with Maximilian Eggestein. Left-back Günter was also annoyed that the referee blew the whistle in extra time after just over two minutes of stoppage time instead of the indicated three minutes. “We don’t want to be sore losers either,” emphasized Günter.
Undav about referee Welz: “I don’t like him anyway”
After the end of the game, Undav fundamentally criticized referee Welz, who in his opinion had no sensitivity for the emotional Baden-Württemberg semi-final. “He wasn’t able to control the game really well today. He gave too many yellow cards. At the beginning there were a lot of fouls that weren’t fouls,” said the goalscorer to make it 1-1. It was the center forward’s 24th goal of the season – making him not only by far the most accurate German, but also one of the ten best goalscorers in Europe.
“You can’t talk to him either,” said Undav about the referee Welz. “I don’t like him anyway. We had a problem before.” VfB goes into the final on May 23rd in Berlin as underdogs. FC Bayern beat Leverkusen 2-0 in their semi-final on Wednesday evening.