Nadiem Amiri hit out on the referee following Mainz’s wild defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
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Mainz slipped to a irritating 3-4 defeat towards Bayer Leverkusen on the MEWA-Enviornment on Saturday.
For Nadiem Amiri, the Zero-Fivers ought to clearly have been awarded a penalty within the twenty first minute, when Edmond Tapsoba and Paul Nebel collided.
A lot to the Mainz captain’s frustration, the incident was reviewed, however referee Florian Exner was not despatched to the VAR monitor.
“I don’t actually need to say something towards the referee. However we’re all the time criticized for our errors. We are able to’t all the time defend the referees, it’s irritating. I simply noticed the footage, and that’s a transparent penalty,” Amiri advised Sportschau after the match.
Exner defended his determination, explaining:
“I noticed the participant take an enormous danger together with his prolonged left leg and fortunately simply missed. He solely made mild contact with the trailing leg, so I take into account it partly unintended. Wanting on the footage, a penalty may very well be given, however , nevertheless it’s as much as my judgment – not a VAR state of affairs.”
Commenting on the sport typically, Amiri described it as “a bit slapstick, a bit wild.”
“We put within the effort, we go full throttle. However luck is simply not on our aspect proper now.”
The defeat was Mainz’s third consecutive loss within the Bundesliga and leaves Bo Henriksen’s troops in sixteenth place.
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