Ajax came to play against ten men from Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday evening after half an hour of play. Mats Hummels put in a tackle on Antony in the thirtieth minute and, to his own surprise, was sent off with a red card. Although the foul in the replay turned out to be minor, referee Michael Oliver stood by his decision. Seven minutes later Ajax fell behind due to a penalty from Marco Reus.
Marco Rose immediately intervened at Dortmund by taking Thorgan Hazard off the field and bringing in a new defender with Marin Pongracic. Minutes later, Jude Bellingham was tapped in the penalty area by Noussair Mazraoui. After viewing the images on the sidelines, Oliver gave a penalty to the Germans, which was shot behind Remko Pasveer by Reus.
RED BUMBLE! Borussia Dortmund must continue with ten players. Mats Hummels comes in hard and Michael Oliver (+ VAR) think yellow is not enough. #UCL #BVBAJA pic.twitter.com/XBGIAEYQSh
— VTBL ? (@vtbl) Nov 3, 2021
Jack van Gelder responds directly to the controversial red card on Twitter. “Isn’t there a red card for Hummels?”, said the presenter. Arnold Bruggink is also of that opinion. “That is not a red card, a little bit of theater from Antony misleads things,” writes the former attacker.
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