Deniz Aytekin was sharply criticized by BVB officials after the BVB game against Gladbach for his yellow-red card against Mo Dahoud – now he is defending himself.
Referee Deniz Aytekin has defended himself against allegations after the yellow-red card for Dortmund’s Mahmoud Dahoud. “If the Dahoud action had been the first complaint, I would not have sent him off,” said the 43-year-old in the “Bild” newspaper about BVB’s criticism of the decision. “There were a lot of emotions in the game and I was emotional too.” You have to see the action of the midfielder “in the overall context”.
Aytekin had justified the dismissal for the 25-year-old in the 0: 1 of BVB in the Bundesliga at Borussia Mönchengladbach by wanting to “set an example”. “We deserve a minimum of respect,” he said on Sky TV. Dahoud had previously responded to a whistle from Aytekins with a derogatory gesture.
Michael Zorc: The “proportionality” was missing
BVB sports director Michael Zorc complained in the “Bild” that he lacked proportionality. “I like Deniz Aytekin and generally consider him a very good referee, but he just had a bad day in Gladbach,” he said. The Dortmund managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke had criticized that Aytekin had brought hectic behavior to the game with his gestures and facial expressions and had “acted like a bandmaster”.
Aytekin said he did not want to put this reproach Watzke “on the gold scales”. “Of course there are a lot of emotions involved after such a decision. I appreciate and respect him very much and have a good relationship with the BVB officials,” added the referee.
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