Bulinews
Hoffenheim fans were left hard done by the manner Sascha Stegemann disallowed their winning goal against Mainz, but there was no protest from the club.
| Controversial call by Stegemann | Daniela Porcelli/Getty Images |
Sascha Stegemann explained his decision to chalk off Ihlas Bebou’s late goal for Hoffenheim in Mainz. The two teams shared the spoils in the opening fixture of matchday 12 after a dramatic final 20 minutes.
“Basically, we don’t stop the game when the play is close to the goal,” said the referee at the start of his explanation. “We delayed the decision to let the attack play to the end, and allow the VAR to intervene in case of…
