A dream goal and an assist – Ahmet Arslan (29) was once once more the match winner in Dynamo Dresden’s 2-1 win over Essen. In the meantime, however, a completely different action by the offensive man has caused a lot of conversation…
Point of contention 83 minutes: Dynamos Park receives a yellow card from referee Martin Speckner for a swallow. Essen’s Björn Rother insults the Dresdener, Arslan pushes him away – and briefly steps on his foot behind the referee. Rother, thus provoked, resigns.
He sees red, Arslan gets off scot-free. Dynamos Top-Scorer describes his view of things following the game as follows:
“Rother is a player who provokes a lot and is also insulting. I’m one who doesn’t verbally shoot back. But a little wipe over the foot, I knew that something would come back from him. Anyone who hands it out must also be able to take it.”
Factual decision of the referee
Can this still have an followingmath for Arslan?
The fact is that the referee did not see the action and therefore did not punish it. It is therefore a factual decision.
The DFB sports court In such cases, investigations are usually only carried out in the event of gross assault. However, that is not the case here.
Dynamo’s sports director Ralf Becker (52): “Such things can happen in the heat of the moment. After all, there are also emotions involved.”
Becker might not understand Arslan’s subsequent punishment, says: “You should leave the church in the village. We’re not awarded a goal or a penalty following the fact.”
What the Dresden sports director means by that: Dynamo’s supposed 2-0 by Borkowski was wrongly denied because of alleged foul play by Stefan Kutschke, a penalty following a foul on Christian Conteh was not called.
Conclusion: An apology from Arslan to Rother would still be appropriate!