For RB Leipzig coach Marco Rose, the yellow-red card from Leverkusen has culinary repercussions. “There is a fixed list of penalties,” said national player David Raum on the Sport1 program “Doppelpass”. “As a team, we are fans of having sushi in the dressing room when someone has done something wrong. I think we now expect that from the coach too.”
Rose was shown a second yellow card in the 26th minute of Leipzig’s 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen. First, the 47-year-old complained too loudly after a foul on striker Lois Openda, and then went onto the pitch after the first yellow card. “I don’t know if it was a bit over the top to give two yellow cards straight away. But I’m generally a fan of emotions myself. I like it when a coach is on the sidelines and I don’t hold it against him,” said Raum. “We’re now looking forward to a meal.”
With the referee in the same hotel
After the game, Rose admitted that he had made a mistake. “I have to take full responsibility for that. The new rules are clear. I wanted to make brief contact with him after the first yellow card. That didn’t work,” Rose explained the scene to the TV channel Sky, adding: “I accept it. I deserved it in that situation.”
Last season, Rose had already received four yellow cards and had to watch the game in Heidenheim from the stands. “The funniest thing is: we met at lunchtime today, we were in the same hotel as the referees. I said: this year things will be different. Now I have to apologize and correct myself, because in the end it was clear what was coming,” said the Leipzig player: “I accept the yellow-red card, I promise to do better. I am me. If I screw up, I can admit it. In this case, I did.”
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