TuS Koblenz Secures 2-1 Victory over Großaspach Despite Yellow-Red Card Controversy

Again, only five minutes later, the luck of the game seemed to turn in favor of the Großaspach team. After a tactical foul on Wöhrle on the center line, referee Christian Ballweg showed Grgic the yellow-red card (54th).

But the dismissal seemed to inhibit the guests and inspire the Koblenz. “A red card is not always beneficial to the team that doesn’t get it. The backpack keeps getting bigger. You think you’re one man more and you have to leave the line and do more than before,” explains Sbonias. And Stahl adds: “With a red card, it makes no sense to allow negative thoughts because nobody can predict what will happen next. It’s about believing in the climb up to the last second. And if it doesn’t work, the world goes on. That is a liberating thought.”

With the substitution of Marcel Wingender, the TuS trainers Stahl and Ilyas Trenz showed a fine nose. The midfielder was only four minutes on the pitch when he scored the 2-1 winner. When trying to put the ball across to Esmel in front of the goal, Dinger deflected the ball into his own goal (67′). “But you have to whistle off the attack. That was a clear foul,” Sbonias said angrily. On the center line, Armend Qenaj knocked down a Großaspacher in a running duel. “But it’s not the referee’s fault that we lost,” adds Sbonias.

The Großaspacher ran after the deficit. But relatively little occurred to them. It became most dangerous when Bastian Frölich put it back on Mbem-Som Nyamsi. But his shot from 15 meters was more of a return to TuS goalkeeper Jonas Bast (82nd). And in stoppage time, Bleart Dautaj headed just wide of the post after a Frölich corner (90+8).