The SC Magdeburg handball team are not fazed by the appeal lodged by Füchse Berlin after the Bundesliga top match. "I haven't wasted any energy on it at all and am totally relaxed," said SCM coach Bennet Wiegert.
The 42-year-old emphasized that it was the right of every team to use this means and that his team had already done so several times. "I'm unemotional and have perceived it passively. But I can basically understand this dissatisfaction."
The Berliners had criticized several decisions by the referees after the 31:31 on Sunday and complained, among other things, that a goal by Lasse Andersson in the 39th minute had not been awarded. Due to the lack of goal-line technology in the HBL, the referees had made a factual decision out of the game and ruled "no goal".
"If the referee is not one hundred percent sure at that moment, he can't whistle on feeling. In that respect, I almost feel a bit sorry for them now," said Wiegert about the problem and expressed his wish for a technical change, such as the one already used by the European Handball Federation (EHF) at major tournaments. "Anything that leads to more fairness and clarity can only help us. But that is of course a question of cost and implementation."
