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Assistant referee Thorben Siewer lies injured on the bottom through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
Cologne’s Denis Huseinbasic, left, and Wolfsburg’s Aster Vranckx battle for the ball through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
Assistant referee Thorben Siewer lies injured on the bottom through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
Assistant referee Thorben Siewer lies injured on the bottom through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
Cologne’s Denis Huseinbasic, left, and Wolfsburg’s Aster Vranckx battle for the ball through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
Cologne’s Denis Huseinbasic, left, and Wolfsburg’s Aster Vranckx battle for the ball through the Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Koln at Volkswagen Enviornment, Wolfsburg, Germany, Saturday Jan. 27, 2024. (Swen Pfortner/dpa through AP)
WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — A spectator at a Bundesliga recreation was recruited because the fourth official after the assistant referee was struck within the face by the ball and brought to hospital on Saturday.
The sport between Wolfsburg and Cologne was stopped within the 14th minute when Cologne participant Max Finkgräfe hit a strong clearance straight into the face of assistant referee Thorben Siewer, who was on the sideline close by.
Siewer fell to the bottom and appeared dazed, requiring round three minutes of therapy earlier than he was helped off the sector. He was changed on the sideline by fourth official Nicolas Winter.
Following an enchantment to the group for any spectators who have been certified referees, 32-year-old Tobias Krull took over the fourth official position as emergency backup.
Krull is a goalkeeper for native sixth-division membership MTV Gifhorn. He modified from a shirt and denims right into a black tracksuit to affix the officiating crew.
Wolfsburg stated Siewer was in hospital for commentary.
Final week, a fan in England took over because the fourth official in further time of an FA Cup recreation between Wolverhampton and Brentford. He wasn’t allowed to celebrate his staff’s profitable purpose.
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