HSV boss Polzin stunned: How Exner explains his calls! | OneFootball

Almost everything after the Nordderby revolved around referee Florian Exner’s performance. HSV in particular felt hard done by.

Nicolai Remberg expressed himself relatively diplomatically after the 1–3 defeat. “We weren’t clever in some situations and then had to play a man down,” he complained on DAZN. “There’s no point at all in blaming the referee.” Instead, HSV needed to “look at themselves” after this performance.

Remberg could also understand the controversial sending-off of Philip Otele to some extent. What bothered the 25-year-old most was the referee Exner’s “difficult communication.”

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Merlin Polzin, however, was much harsher in his assessment of the official’s performance. The 35-year-old could not understand the red card for Otele. Before Werder’s goal for 2–1, the Hamburg head coach also saw “a clear foul” on Warmed Omari and criticized the video assistant for not intervening. The incident was briefly reviewed, but ultimately no action was taken.

Polzin described his view of the situation like this: “Our player plays the ball and then gets hit from below. If the solution is that we tell our players to go down so we can review it longer, then that’s not in the spirit of the game.”

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Exner on HSV criticism: “The player gets straight back up”

The heavily criticized Exner then faced the TV cameras. Asked about Werder’s go-ahead goal for 2–1, he told DAZN: “My perception was that the ball was played and then there was a slight kick from below. But it was only slight contact.”

He continued: “The player gets straight back up. I think that’s always an indication as well. The 1–1 wasn’t entirely without controversy either. Glatzel was being held a bit there. We decided to maintain that lenient line. And that was also the case with the 2–1. The player gets straight back up. I don’t think anyone wants — especially not in a derby — a foul to be given there.”

Given the criticism he had voiced earlier, Polzin is unlikely to have been convinced by that explanation…

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.