🧐 After middle finger incident and red card: Baumgart shows no remorse | OneFootball

Union Berlin's 4-3 away win at Eintracht Frankfurt truly had it all. Among other things, it also featured a red card for coach Steffen Baumgart in the 87th minute.

The coach, however, was not at all willing to accept his sending off afterwards: “I’m sorry—or actually, I’m not, because I won’t hold back my emotions, so we’ll just have to live with it,” Baumgart explained to 'Sky' after the match. The 53-year-old had, prior to being sent off, also raised his middle finger towards the field, among other things.

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According to Baumgart himself, however, it was not directed at referee Sven Jablonski: “I was looking into empty space, it wasn’t aimed at anyone, so it’s all good. It was just an emotion I had because of the video review and the previous situation.”

According to his own statement, the coach apologized to the referee directly after the match.

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