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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The German Football Association (DFB) has admitted a wrong referee decision in the 5: 1 of VfB Stuttgart against FC Schalke 04.
Schalke's defender Malick Thiaw brought down Stuttgart offensive man Silas Wamangituka in the penalty area at the baseline when the score was 1-0 for VfB, but referee Guido Winkmann did not decide on a penalty (18th minute).
Video assistant Sascha Stegemann did not intervene.
Winkmann had perceived a “slight contact during a duel”, but found it insufficient for a penalty kick, said the sports management of the elite referee: “In the images available, however, you can see a clear and verifiable, punishable kicking of the Schalke defender that has absolute evidence for a clear and obvious foul play. "
The video assistant should therefore have recommended viewing the pictures, the referee had to change his decision, it said.
VfB sports director Sven Mislintat has repeatedly criticized referee decisions over the past few months.
Given the clear victory, his anger was limited this time.
"I don't know what a clearer wrong decision should be than a foul in the 16-meter space," said Mislintat on Sunday.
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