German Bundesliga

“Joke red” for ÖFB legionnaire heats up tempers

Patrick Wimmer was first celebrated by his Wolfsburg team-mates for his 1:0 against Augsburg (9th), then "fired" by referee Timo Gerach shortly before the break. The red card for the ÖFB legionnaire heated things up.

The referee deemed a foul by the ÖFB team player on the edge of the penalty area to be an emergency brake (45'), and the VAR did not correct the blatantly wrong decision. The visitors took advantage of the subsequent deflected free-kick to make it 1:1 and ultimately win 3:1.

The eleventh winless game in a row for Wolfsburg coach Kovac, who is facing the end: "Everyone in the stadium saw this clear mistake," he said angrily.