Published 23:38 IST, November 11th 2019
Bundesliga: Eintracht captain sent off for barging over Freiburg boss
The match between Sc Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt was marred by controversy, as Frankfurt's captain David Abraham was sent off in the stoppage time.
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Eintracht Frankfurt’s captain David Abraham was sent off for barging over Sc Freiburg’s coach, Christian Streich in ir Bundesliga clash on Sunday, vember 10, 2019. incident took place during stopp time when Frankfurt were alrey trailing by a goal against Freiburg.
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Freiburg hosted Frankfurt, with visitors alrey down to 10 men. Gelson Fernandes h been sent off earlier in first-half stopp time. extra-ordinary scenes at Schwarzwald-Stion are likely to le to significant disciplinary action.
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Freiburg were leing 1-0 when ball went out of play in injury time. Streich let ball go by while Abraham was trying to recover it. captain n bundled opponent coach over with a shoulder as he ran past him. Upset Freiburg players and staff were furious over Abraham’s reaction and n chased defender on to field, leing to a situation of chaos.
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Abraham apologised to Streich
After having a look at clash with VAR, match referee Felix Brych also sent off Freiburg player Vincenzo Grifo, who h reacted from his position on substitute’s bench. Abraham is likely to face stiff actions for his behaviour, with suspension being on cards. Streich told to a section of media that Abraham h apologised to him after match and coach believed that issue was over.
Streich said that football is a contact sport. He believes that it was a heated game, and that y needed to calm down, and t have a silly talk about it w. He went on to comment that at of 54, he could be run over by a young buffalo, and that he can’t hold himself against it any more. After ir dramatic win, Freiburg are w fourth in league table, while a loss for Frankfurt means that y are w ninth in Bundesliga.
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09:26 IST, November 11th 2019