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A Soccer Coach Had An Epic Freak Out After A Crucial Decision By A Referee In The Champions League

Sep 19, 2013, 19:11 IST

Borussia Dortmund lost to Napoli 2-1 in a crucial Champions League match and one of the goals lead to this epic freak-out that caused Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp to be sent off in the first half:

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The sequence of events that led to Klopp being kicked out of the game started several minutes earlier when two players collided leaving a Dortmund player bloodied. That player, defender Neven Subotic, had to come out of the game to be taped up...

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After he was tended to, Subotic had to wait for permission from the fourth official before he could re-enter the game. At the time, Napoli was attacking and it appears that Klopp thought this process was taking too long...

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Subotic was finally granted permission, but it may have been too late as he entered the box just as Napoli scored a goal and Subotic never really had a chance to impact the play as a defender...

At this point, Klopp freaked out. The fourth official informed the referee of what happened and the referee sent Klopp off...

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Klopp did appear to attempt to apologize to the fourth official before leaving the pitch...

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But understandably, he wasn't very receptive...

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