Borussia Dortmund picked up a point in the top match in Leverkusen. After the 1:1 draw, BVB coach Edin Terzic was annoyed with the referee.
The Borussia Dortmund professionals were disappointed after the 1:1 (1:0) in the top match at Bayer Leverkusen because they were unable to defend their lead through Julian Ryerson (5th) until the end. The draw, which Victor Boniface (78) secured for the league leaders, was described as fair by Ryerson, for example, in a matter-of-fact statement. When the whistle had been blown half an hour into the game, BVB coach Edin Terzic stepped up to the DAZN microphone – and unlike his players, he had not yet calmed down.
He became emotional and had already had an animated discussion with referee Daniel Siebert immediately after the final whistle. “I told him my opinion in no uncertain terms,” said the furious coach.
It was about two scenes that upset Terzic: In the 73rd minute, Karim Adeyemi dribbled against two Leverkusen players in the penalty area and went to ground. Referee Siebert immediately indicated that play should continue; there was no video review on the screen. “I’m of the opinion that it was contact, a clear penalty,” Terzic grumbled. “And it’s always about Karim Adeyemi. He’s so fast, he dribbles into this situation at 30 km/h and then one contact is enough.”
In his excitement, Terzic got into an argument with DAZN expert Michael Ballack, who was watching the game live in Leverkusen. “Of course there was contact, but in my opinion that’s not enough for a penalty because the contact wasn’t strong enough. “
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Terzic responded directly: “I don’t want to and can’t defend the referee.” The coach also justified this with penalties that had recently been whistled against BVB. “The penalties that are whistled against us nationally and internationally are out of all proportion to what happened here today. That’s what upsets me. In Stuttgart at 1-2, we were told that there was clear contact from Gregor Kobel, so the penalty had to be given. Here we’re told that the referee is sure, he doesn’t even have to look at it. There is no clear line: what is a penalty and what is not?”
And there was a second scene that upset Terzic, shortly after the penalty: in the Dortmund coach’s opinion, Leverkusen’s Exequiel Palacios should have been shown a yellow card for fouling during a Dortmund counter-attack that was played to the end.
Siebert had allowed the advantage to run. “Palacios is shown a yellow card, then we counter-attack – and afterwards we’re told: If we give advantage, it’s not a yellow card,” explained Terzic and turned directly to Ballack: ”How many times have you seen it that you give a yellow after the fact in a situation like that? Then I explained: Okay, I misunderstood the rule. “