Before Rot-Weiss Essen’s turbulent 4-3 win at Wehen Wiesbaden, there was surprise at the team sheet. Franci Bouebari, who had been in such good form recently, was not in the squad.

Rot-Weiss Essen’s 4-3 win at Wehen Wiesbaden made headlines for many reasons – but the first one came before kickoff. Franci Bouebari (21), who had been performing well at left back, was not in the squad.

RWE coach Uwe Koschinat commented on the matter at the post-match press conference. “The player committed a personal error, which I didn’t really want to make public. You have to allow young people to make mistakes sometimes.”

According to our information, the player arrived late for a meeting. “He has to learn from this. In the interests of proper leadership of a group, there was no other option than to sanction the player with a certain degree of consistency. In this case, that meant not including him in the matchday squad,“ Koschinat continued.

However, that is now a closed chapter for the 53-year-old. ”We want to support him on his path to professionalism. So he has to learn from this. Everything is fine.”

In any case, there were other issues at the forefront on this day. For example, Rot-Weiss Essen played a weak first half and trailed 0-1, only to turn things around after the break and take a 3-1 lead. But Wehen Wiesbaden equalized to make it 3-3 before Torben Müsel secured a 4-3 away win in stoppage time. Koschinat made changes at half-time, taking off Klaus Gjasula, who was in danger of receiving a red card, and bringing on Kaito Mizuta. This was accompanied by a switch from a 5-2-2-1 to a 4-2-3-1 formation. How did the half-time talk go after a disappointing first half in which Wehen Wiesbaden could easily have been leading 2-0? “As you know me. Very calm and very matter-of-fact,” he said with a smile. In the dressing room, Koschinat raised his voice, with success. His team took the game better from then on and ultimately won 4-3 in a turbulent match.