Bayern’s Kahn smacks Schalke’s Larsen to the ground (video)
It’s like a scene out of a movie:
During the recent Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04 game, Bayern were 1-0 up when in the 68th minute, a cross was floated into Kahn’s penalty area.
Schalke’s striker Soren Larsen fouled Kahn (an arm across the face as both jumped for the ball) and the pair tumbled to the floor. As they got back up, however, Kahn turned around and flattened Larsen with a clothesline.
To be fair to the Bayern keeper, it was a clumsy move and looked like a bear hug gone wrong. Schalke players didn’t think so and the referee promptly booked the 37-year old Bayern captain, even though for a moment it looked like a red card offense. In hindsight (and after watching the video several times), the referee got it right.
If you watch the two replays in the clip, it looks as if Kahn hit out in anger but tried to stop himself as he hit Larsen. The result was a half-hearted blow that caught Larsen off-balance and landed him on his rear-end as Kahn immediately bent down to ask if he was ok.
Kahn:
“I over-reacted in the heat of the moment, after experiencing some pain. It didn’t look good on television.”
Here’s the YouTube clip:
That’s just rediculous…of course it’s a red card. You can’t just hit people and get away with it. I don’t care, if it looked more clumsy than deliberate…or whatever your point is. Fact is he hit across the chin and throat and should clearly have been sent off.
It doesnt deserve a red card, some of my friends were telling me about the incident, but when you see the replay video clip you understand that it doesnt deserve a red card. The Schalke player almost got a light push, lost his balance, and fell. He probably got so scared that his knees couldnt support him…and that i surely understand.
It would be a red card if it were Jens Lehmann!!!!!!!!!!!! and so it shud
First Dida now Kahn? Troublesome goalkeepers…