Was Kimmich’s yellow card harsh? Referee Badstübner gives his view | OneFootball

Joshua Kimmich received a yellow card last Friday night after he complained about a referee's wrong decision. Subsequently, the Leipzig goal was withdrawn - now Florian Badstübner defended the warning to the FCB star.

It was a rather curious scene in the second half of the Bundesliga opening match between FC Bayern and RB Leipzig. Antonio Nusa seemingly scored a remarkable goal to make it 1:4, Joshua Kimmich immediately stormed towards referee Florian Badstübner. The accusation: The free kick before was not executed correctly by Castello Lukeba and the goal should not have counted.

Badstübner showed Kimmich the yellow card because of the harsh criticism. He then withdrew the goal - indirectly agreeing with Kimmich. However, the warning remained. Now, the Bundesliga referee spoke about that scene. He told Sky: "Then this demonstration started, you could almost say. Joshua Kimmich came very, very hard to me and yelled at me. At first, I didn't know what he wanted from me."

Badstübner emphasizes: "It's about mutual respect"

Badstübner continued: "Then he was a bit calmer and said that there was a mistake in the execution of the free kick." He explained that he then "asked again in the team - in the whole team - whether this execution was correct. And then I heard a 'No'."

With regard to Kimmich, Badstübner also explained: "Otherwise, one could always protest to the referee. And if one is right, it goes away. It's about mutual respect."

"If he had just communicated that to me a little more calmly - he then also made a bit of a fuss with the Leipzigers - then I think we would have had it a bit faster. It was over the top. We have to preserve the image of football," said the 34-year-old. The yellow card thus still stands.

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