The Augsburg-Mainz referee is wrong and apologizes live

The Champions League attracted the attention of this Wednesday night in Spain and also in Germany. Bayern visited Vila-real and fell to the groguets 1-0 thanks to Danjuma’s goal. A couple of hours before, in a party with a smaller audience, the Augsburg faced Mainz on matchday 26 of the Bundesliga.

Both in the middle of the table, the game did not have the three most decisive points of the championship at stake, but neither wanted to lose. In the end, the locals prevailed, but with controversy. Gouweleeuw scored the 1-0 from the penalty spot after the referee, Matthias Jollenbeck, indicated a maximum penalty that was not such.

Niederlechner, a local striker, touched the ball and began to fall and Mainz goalkeeper Zentner ended up touching him. A complicated action, but that did not involve a penalty. The VAR did not enter and, despite the complaints of those from Mainz, the penalty was executed and made it 1-0. A key goal for the final 2-1.

The complaints from the visitors continued after the match and, in the end, surprisingly, the referee ended up before the microphones of Sky Sports to explain the play and apologize. “I preferred not to have whistled it. It’s not a penalty. It was a mistake and I’m very sorry. I would have liked to have been corrected. We are all interested in these things not being maintained,” he said.on television after the match. In addition, she acknowledged that she saw the images in the intermission and apologized to Svensson, coach of Mainz. “It’s annoying for me as a referee and I can only apologize,” he sentenced to settle the controversy.