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The Bundesliga’s two promoted sides (1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV) contested a matchday nine league fixture at the RheinEnergieStadion last night. While a 4-1 scoreline conveys a convincing league win for the Kölner hosts, the match was not without its fair share of controversy. Match official Daniel Schlager found himself the target of marked criticism from the losing side.
Schlager and the refereeing team (both present in the stadium and in Germany’s famed “Kölner VAR Keller”) disallowed what could have been a crucial HSV pullback goal from Arensal loanee Fabio Vieira. Schlager would later send Vieira off on double yellows. Viera incurred the second…
