Schalke's coach Dimitrios Grammozis has clearly criticized the highly controversial penalty for Werder Bremen in stoppage time after the 1-1 (0-0) in the second division top game on Saturday evening. "If you don't recognize a very clear handball by the Bremen player plus Schwalbe - that's just unbelievable," said Grammozis in the press conference after the game. “That went beyond all framework today. The people should ask themselves whether this is the right way, ”said the Schalke coach. “The penalty today was an absolute cheek that I've never seen before. But people don't care. "

Sports director Rouven Schröder went to the referee's cabin after the game to understand the decision. Then he was upset at the microphone of the TV station Sky. “If he whistles right away, I will understand. If he then goes out and is so sure after watching for a long time, that is one of the most blatant mistakes I have ever seen. ”The body language of the referee also annoyed Schröder. “He runs to the penalty spot with a swing and whistles an emotional thing. I also stand in front of the team. In all honesty, that is unbelievable. "

FIFA referee Tobias Stieler had decided in stoppage time after a duel between Schalke's Henning Matriciani and Bremen's Roger Assalé to the amazement of everyone involved, according to the video images, on penalties.

The pictures showed at most a small touch, the Bremer fell significantly later.

Niclas Füllkrug converted to 1: 1.

Simon Terodde had given Schalke the lead in the 82nd minute.

“We just feel cheated,” said Schalke's sports director Peter Knäbel at Sport1 about the penalty scene.

"The accusation is massive"

Bremen, on the other hand, prevented at least another sporting setback with the late equalization a few hours after the resignation of coach Markus Anfang.

In the top game of the second Bundesliga, the green-whites won a deserved 1: 1 and, regardless of the turbulence surrounding the vaccination card affair of their previous head coach, showed a courageous performance.

"I have to compliment the team because we have delivered a great fight the whole time," said Bremen striker Marvin Ducksch in an interview with Sky.

The team did not let the unrest surrounding the trainer disrupt them.

"You can see what kind of a troop we are, how we stick together," said Ducksch, for whom, if the opportunities had been better exploited, "a win tonight would have been deserved".

The beginning resigned in the morning together with his cotrainer Florian Junge. The duo responded to the public prosecutor's investigation currently ongoing against them for allegedly falsified vaccination certificates. Instead, Danjiel Zenkovic looked after the team. Sports managing director Frank Baumann announced that he would like to present a new coach as soon as possible. The beginning has so far rejected the allegations. Nevertheless, he decided to resign, otherwise the club would have reacted. "The allegation that is in the room is massive," said Werder managing director Frank Baumann on Saturday in an interview published on the club's website.

“The decisive factor was that we had another visit from the police in the Weser Stadium on Friday evening. There we received very clear circumstantial evidence, ”said Baumann's colleague, managing director Klaus Filbry, in a media round at the Weserstadion on Saturday evening. “Based on the circumstantial evidence, we would of course have dealt with the consequences under labor law. First of all with the issue of leave of absence, but then possibly with a suspected dismissal. The contract was terminated with immediate effect, beginning immediately no longer receives a salary.

The public prosecutor's office in Bremen has now confiscated the vaccination certificate from the start. "To what extent the vaccination card is actually wrong, we will be able to clarify in a timely manner," said public prosecutor Frank Passade on Saturday of the German press agency. First Radio Bremen and then the Deichstube portal reported on the confiscation of the vaccination passports. A search was not necessary. The prosecutor said that the beginning had cooperated like Kotrainer Junge.

The beginning was only just mentioned in the Werder announcement. "Due to the now extremely stressful situation for the club, the team, my family and myself, I decided that I would end my job as Werder Bremen's head coach with immediate effect." also public prosecutor's investigations. There should also be irregularities with the vaccination certificate for young people.

Beginning had only taken over the head coach position in Bremen in the summer and should initiate the reconstruction of the Green-Whites after the first relegation in 41 years and, if possible, create an immediate promotion.

After 13 games, Werder are eighth.

Werder managing director Baumann now has to look for a new coach again.

"Of course it is our wish that we find a quick solution, but it is also important that we find the right one," said Baumann.

“That can take a few days.” One candidate could be Ole Werner, who resigned from Holstein Kiel a few weeks ago and was already a candidate in the summer.