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Red for Engelaar and Mulder
Sunday 14 December 2008
Both midfielder Orlando Engelaar
and assistant-coach Youri Mulder among others were sent
off during today's game of Schalke 04 at league leaders
Hoffenheim in a game that ended with 11 against 9: 1-1.
Hoffenheim were fighting to be
crowned Winter Champions f the Bundesliga and for that
they needed at least a point against Schalke.
The team from Gelsenkirchen had
other goals as they just wanted a result against a team
that has been almost unbeatable at home.
The team of Fred Rutten took the
lead just before the break but saw things go terribly
wrong after the break.
On the hour Jermaine Jones got
his second yellow card for a serious tackle from behind,
but as Jones had all the right to argue he played the
ball he was given his marching orders.
In the turmoil Mulder and Rutten's
second assistant Mike Bueskens were sent to the stands
for insulting the referee and Orlando Engelaar saw his
first yellow card for protesting.
After Teber had equalized for Hoffenheim
from a magnificent free kick Engelaar made trouble for
his team even greater by tugging the shirt of that same
Teber.
He also got his second yellow (and
his second red of the season) which meant Schalke were
down to nine.
But the 9 in white held out against
the 11 in blue and so Hoffenheim now take only a 1 point
lead on the table as the Bndesliga goes on a two months
winter break.
Met elf tegen negen ging Hoffenheim
daarna op zoek naar de winnende goal, maar Schalke hield
stand. Voor Hoffenheim was dit gelijkspel echter genoeg
om Bayern München op de ranglijst voor te blijven
en het winterkampioenschap op te eisen.
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