After red card

Klagenfurt captain against referee: “A scandal!”

(Bild: GEPA)

Austria Klagenfurt fought out a 1-1 draw against Rapid with ten men - because captain Thorsten Mahrer was shown an absurd red card in the 50th minute. And the defensive boss was rightly fuming. .

In the end, Austria Klagenfurt celebrated their first point of the current Bundesliga season with ten men. But it left a bitter taste in the mouth for coach Peter Pacult's team. Referee Arnes Talic had shown a completely unjustified red card.

Mahrer could not believe he had been sent off.(Bild: GEPA)

The scene: Rapid's Dursun had passed the ball past Klagenfurt defender Thorsten Mahrer, but also away from goal - but the VAR (Sebastian Gishamer) still called it. Referee Talic watched the scene as Mahrer ran off Dursun - and then gave the Austrian a red card for goal robbery. Understandably, Klagenfurt coach Pacult was furious. "I would have let the action continue, not whistled at all," even Rapids coach Robert Klauß admitted fairly.

"An absolute scandal!"
And Mahrer was clearly furious at the end: "This red card is a bottomless insolence, an absolute scandal, I really don't have the words! Even the Rapid players laughed, they couldn't believe it. And the worst thing is that I have to watch next week against Sturm and the referee gets to whistle. I also bet that the Bundesliga won't have the courage not to give me a ban - even though it's so clear that the foul was never worthy of a red!"

Pacult also emphasized: "It was a running duel in which both players had their shoulders out, nothing else. It wasn't an emergency stop. I don't want to condemn anyone, I also make mistakes and not just a few. I think the referee himself is crestfallen when he sees the pictures now!"