Refused objection: VfB Stuttgart without Woltemade against Union Berlin

Refused objection: VfB Stuttgart without Woltemade against Union Berlin

Stuttgart, Deutschland - The objection of VfB Stuttgart against the yellow-red card for your player Nick Woltemade was rejected by the sports court of the German Football Association (DFB). This reports Dewezet.de . Woltemade has to take a break in the upcoming Bundesliga game against Union Berlin after being expelled against Werder Bremen in the 65th minute of the field last Sunday.

The DFB sports court saw no obvious mistake by referee Daniel Schlager in the dismissal. Schalger's decision to punish a foul by Woltemade remains after he classified the foul as negligent after viewing the television pictures, but not as ruthless. VfB Stuttgart had argued that Woltemade had only minimally touched his opponent Mitchell, which questioned the severity of the offense.

discussion about the video evidence

VfB CEO Alexander Wehrle expressed his displeasure on the decision of the sports court and described the dismissal as a clear error. Wehrle stimulated a discussion about the video evidence (VAR) in order to enable intervention even on yellow-red cards. Currently, the VAR only allows interventions for goals, penalty, red cards or players, but not with yellow-red cards. This regulation could possibly cause similar cases to be assessed differently in the future.

The application for the lock was canceled because the evidence of an obvious error by the referee could not be provided. According to the regulations, an automatic lock is binding in football when a yellow-red card is imposed, as is explained on Bundesliga.com .

The DFB sports court also emphasized that the referee's clear and obvious wrong decision can lead to a lifting of the lock. An example in this regard was the subsequent cancellation of the yellow-red card for Stuttgart captain Atakan Karazor in the game against VfL Wolfsburg. In this case, the dismissal was recognized as errors, which is not the case here.

The current decision is therefore possible over the entire case of Woltemade, and VfB Stuttgart now has to deal with the Situation without his player, while the discussions about the VAR and its regulations are continued.