St. Pauli’s Alexander Blessin apologizes for insulting Bundesliga referee in post-match interview
St. Pauli’s Alexander Blessin apologizes for insulting Bundesliga referee in post-match interview St. Pauli head coach Alexander Blessin has apologized for insulting Bundesliga match official Florian Badstübner following an extremely stressful league loss on Saturday afternoon.
Blessin’s Kiezkicker were leading visiting Freiburg 1-0 until two goals from former striker Igor Matanovic flipped the result. Shortly after Matanovic scored the 1-2 in the 78th-minute, Blessin was booked for arguing with the referee. St.
Pauli frustrated by the result Relegation-threatened St. Pauli squandered a glorious chance to climb off the promotion-relegation playoff spot. Wolfsburg’s loss this weekend meant that Blessin’s team could have gone six full points clear of the second automatic relegation place heading into the March international break.
Moreover, a home win over Freiburg, would have pushed Köln ( who sacked their head coach this weekend ) down into St. Pauli’s place. Speaking to German broadcaster DAZN after the full-time whistle, Blessin griped that “ the reason we lost today was because we were playing against 12 men [including the ref].
“, also adding “ if he [Badstübner] smirks in my direction whilst presenting the yellow card, I find that disrespectful. ” Blessin walked it all back at the press conference. Blessin’s explanation and apology “ We could have defended the two goals better, ” Blessin remarked in his opening statement.