📸 No red card for this! Horror tackle overshadows BVB’s DFB-Pokal win | OneFootball

Without much brilliance, but ultimately successful, BVB prevailed against third-division side Rot-Weiss Essen in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. However, the joy over the victory was overshadowed by a rough foul.

In one of the last scenes of the match, Essen’s Kelsey Owusu tried to block a clearance from Dortmund’s Yan Couto.

Instead, the substitute caught his opponent’s kneecap with his studs showing. While Couto writhed in pain, referee Frank Willenborg only showed a yellow card.

Whether and how seriously the BVB star is injured cannot yet be determined. Equally questionable, however, is the decision not to issue a red card in this situation.

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