THAT'S NO APRIL FOOLS' JOKE

The referee and his team

In charge of the action were four FIFA referees: Deniz Aytekin, Holger Henschel, Thorsten Schiffner and the only woman in Bundesliga, Bibiana Steinhaus. Apart from the rest of the referees Aytekin did well so far in this season, the logical consequence has been the promotion, i.e. getting the FIFA badge.

Many important and difficult calls

There were at least 5 really big decisions that should be mentioned: 1. In the third minute, Schalke's Baumjohann appeared freely in the penalty area in front of the goalkeeper, in the last moment a St.Pauli defender carted out his leg and probably touched Baumjohann who lost the balance. Aytekin did not whistle. Why not? Probably, because if he had whistled, he would have had to send the defender off. After 150 seconds, less referees would give a red card. Nonetheless, a clear mistake. 2.A goal for St.Pauli was not given by Thorsten Schiffner because a player irritated Manuel Neuer while being offside. A right decision. 3. Yellow-red against Kalla (St.Pauli), the defender was shown a yellow card early, the second card was also correct when stopping Farf