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One scene overshadows Ambri’s important 3-2 win against Ajoie. The headline is perfect and sweeps through hockey Switzerland: “Fohrler beats linesman”. In the 38th minute of the match between the Leventiners and the Jurassians, assistant referee Sandro Gurtner (32) was hit in a scramble. And Tobias Fohrler is promptly sent to the shower for “attacking officials”. Even in the first video footage of the action, the Biancoblu defender appears to be the clear culprit.
Fohrler himself can understand this when he wants to talk about the scene the next day: “From this camera perspective, it looks like I’m punching the linesman in the face.” But the 26-year-old wants to make it clear that it wasn’t his glove that caught Gurtner. But that of his opponent Eric Gélinas.
Fohrler describes what happened in the scene in question: “Gélinas grabbed me by the collar and held me by the sweater. The linesmen came by and I let him go, but he didn’t let me go.” He told him to please go and leave him alone. Then a situation arose with serious consequences. “I hit Gélina’s arm from below .”
Move activated but not hit
The defender is absolutely aware that he has initiated the fatal move. But he is equally certain that it was not his fist that hit the linesman in the face. His club supports him in this statement, which he also made to the single judge. Just twelve hours after the match, the association announced that Fohrler had been banned for two matches as a precaution and that the regular procedure had been opened.
But what does Gélinas, who is involved, say about that? The Canadian is particularly notable in the video clip for his mocking grin after the situation has resolved itself. “I’m not proud of that sequence or the fact that my laugh went viral the morning after,” Gélinas says. “I just realized the impact of what had just happened and it caused an emotional reaction in me.”
Gélinas contradicts Fohrler
However, the 32-year-old contradicts Fohrler on the crucial point. “If you look closely at the photos, it is a blue glove and not a black one touching it.” Which glove it was – this punching puzzle must be solved by the single judge in the case. It would certainly be helpful if he had additional camera settings available.
Fohrler’s position is clear. So does his realistic self-perception. The German national defender describes himself as follows: “I play with a healthy level of toughness. But I’m not a player who panics. A provocateur perhaps, but certainly not a hothead who panics.” He has values, as a person and as an athlete. And that certainly does not mean simply hitting a civil servant directly in the face. “I would never approach a referee.”
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team
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SP
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T.D
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PT
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1
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 ZSC Lions
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47
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51
|
99
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|
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2
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 HC Fribourg-Gotteron
|
47
|
47
|
94
|
|
|
3
|
 EV train
|
47
|
38
|
85
|
|
|
4
|
 Lausanne HC
|
47
|
27
|
82
|
|
|
5
|
 HC Lugano
|
47
|
17
|
74
|
|
|
6
|
 SC Bern
|
47
|
-5
|
74
|
|
|
7
|
 HC Davos
|
46
|
20
|
71
|
|
|
8th
|
 Geneva-Servette HC
|
46
|
-11
|
68
|
|
|
9
|
 EHC Biel
|
47
|
2
|
67
|
|
|
10
|
 HC Ambri-Piotta
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47
|
-2
|
67
|
|
|
11
|
 SCL Tigers
|
48
|
-36
|
65
|
|
|
12
|
 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
|
47
|
-30
|
56
|
|
|
13
|
 EHC Kloten
|
47
|
-62
|
47
|
|
|
14
|
 HC Ajoie
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46
|
-56
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35
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
