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Stuttgart (AP) - Sven Mislintat sat on his gray chair with a mild smile, with a clear opinion he discussed the excitement of the 2: 2 (0: 1) against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
"If the video referee intervenes, it is a clear penalty for me," said the sports director of VfB Stuttgart on Sunday in the "Sport1" broadcast "Doppelpass", expressing a point of view that was not surprising from his perspective.
Mislintat said he would have "rioted if it hadn't existed".
Because referee Felix Brych decided on a penalty on Saturday evening after the controversial video evidence, it was the Gladbachers who were very angry.
Above all national player Jonas Hofmann, who raged: "That is an absolute cheek".
In the scene, which was also widely discussed the day after the top game of matchday 16, VfB striker Sasa Kalajdzic is clasped on the goal line in a scramble for the ball by Gladbach's left-back Rami Bensebaini.
He is also hit at the foot by teammate Waldemar Anton.
He did not see this contact, he was "probably one of the factors," admitted Brych at Sky.
He was also not pointed out.
«If you whistle the penalty straight away, it has to be accepted.
With the VAR intervention, there are a few remaining doubts, "Brych admitted:" It was a tad too little for me on the pitch. "
Stuttgart could "be happy with the penalty".
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Mislintat didn't think so.
The 48-year-old had criticized decisions by referees several times in the past, especially in the handball issue.
This time he emphasized that Bensebaini had defended "naively" at the moment.
Similar to VfB winger Borna Sosa, who caused the guests' first penalty.
Because Gladbach's captain Lars Stindl was sure to convert, VfB went into the break with a deficit.
But Stuttgart came back thanks to Nicolas Gonzalez's flight header (58th), VfB's 3,000th goal in the Bundesliga, and they weren't shocked by the renewed deficit by Denis Zakaria (61st).
The fact that Silas Wamangituka only scored one point with a penalty (90 + 6) was not enough for Mislintat as well as for VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, given the respectable performance.
The Swabians have already scored 32 goals this season, as many as last time in the 1997/98 season, when they had already scored 33 at that time.
Nine hits fall on Wamangituka, six on Gonzalez.
The two most successful VfB goal scorers will now be absent from Arminia Bielefeld for the first half of the season on Wednesday.
It is a “shame” that both of them got the fifth yellow card, Matarazzo admitted, but reassured him: “We certainly have players who can get their chance to play again from the beginning.”
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In the end, the coach was impressed by his never-giving troop, which also impressed guest coach Marco Rose: VfB is an “invigorating element” for the Bundesliga, 44-year-old Rose said.
“It's fun to watch the boys play.
You have a good game idea and also have good dynamics.
I still have a lot of confidence in the boys. "
VfB Stuttgart squad
Bundesliga table
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Information on bundesliga.de
Figures for Gladbach on the VfB homepage
Numbers for the game on Gladbach homepage
Information on using the video assistant at dfb.de.