Referee apologises – Werder take the blame

Referee Michael Weiner: "In this case I must apologise to Werder."
First Team
Monday, 04.02.2008 / 11:48

How could the Green-Whites possibly let this game slip from their grasp? They had dominated the game, took the lead and didn’t sit back in the second half. The statistics speak for themselves.

How could the Green-Whites possibly let this game slip from their grasp? They had dominated the game, took the lead and didn’t sit back in the second half. The statistics speak for themselves: Shots on goals 20:8, crosses 40:15, possession 68% - 32%, and challenges won 54% - 46%.

 

Then there was the scene in the 67th minute. Benjamin Auer played a pass to Shinji Ono, who was standing all of three yards off-side at the time. On receiving the return pass, Auer slotted home, much to the astonishment of spectators in the stadium, the television commentators, the fans and Werder’s players.

 

After the match, general manager Klaus Allofs made it very clear just how detrimental this horrendously poor decision was on the out-come of the game: "If you want to put it that way then yes, that decision did cost us the game. Everything that happened after that was as a result of ‘A’: us not scoring a second, and ‘B’: that this goal was at all acknowledged."

 

And Klaus Allofs was in the right! Referee Michael Weiner stood before the WERDER.TV cameras some 40 minutes after the game and said: "Normally one doesn’t excuse himself for every single incorrect decision but in this case I must apologise to Werder."

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