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At the end of the game Geneva goalkeeper Robert Mayer leaves the ice 3-2 winner, Servette equalized the last series against Biel to 2-2. Until then, however, the Geneva goalkeeper will reach into his bag of tricks several times and sign up for an engagement in Hollywood with show appearances.
One scene in particular is driving Biel fans crazy. When Etienne Froidevaux was supposed to make 2-2, the 33-year-old keeper took advantage of the fact that Mike Künzle was in his goal area for too long. Mayer seeks and finds contact with Biel’s striker and then dramatically emerges onto the ice.
Referees Michaël Tscherrig and Marc Wiegand disapproved of the goal. “With the new rules it is very clear. Mike is in the goal area. Made smart by Mayer. He has enough experience to react,” Froideveaux said afterwards on MySports.
The decision is correct and consistent if you take the controversial line that has been drawn in Switzerland this season as a yardstick. Tscherrig had already clarified in October, when he denied Kloten’s equalizer in the derby against ZSC: “We said this season: any contact in the goal area is not a goal. A player does not have to drive into the goal area and if he does , he takes a risk. The goalkeeper must have all the space in the goal area to be able to move.” And added: “In his goal area, a goalkeeper can do what he wants.”
Swallow hunters less spicy in the play-offs?
Geneva goalkeeper Mayer had already annoyed the Biel fans two minutes before the disallowed goal when he called for a penalty against Fabio Hofer van Biel (“Schack to the head”) for snatching the disc and getting in the way of the Austrian, so there was a collision.
Even in the scuffle in the first third, which led to Servette defender Marco Maurer receiving a misconduct penalty for insulting the referee, Mayer had shown little stability and lay down. A few seconds earlier he had already fallen when teammate Maurer had hit his head with his glove.
The Premier League’s swallowers can issue fines for show performance, known in hockey jargon as “beautification.” CHF 2,000 the first time, CHF 4,000 if it happens again and CHF 6,000 the third time, plus an automatic block. Lately, however, it has been felt that in the decisive phase, the hunt for fakers was no longer conducted with the same ruthlessness.
Should the smart Mayer and Servette become champions for the first time, he will not be bothered by any fines anyway.
Source : Blick
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