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

Cork Gaines   

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

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:

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...

Neven Subotic

UEFA

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...

Neven Subotic and a soccer official

UEFA

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...

Jürgen Klopp

UEFA

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

Jürgen Klopp

UEFA

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

Jürgen Klopp

UEFA

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