Hamburg - Diego, the tragic hero! With a gala performance in the semi-final match against Hamburger SV Werder Bremen, the Brazilian scored the UEFA Cup final - and is not even there!
In the 3-2 victory Diego from Bremen picked up just before half a second yellow card in this competition - that means automatically lock for the next game!
And what a stupid yellow card himself einhandelte Diego. The Bremen could be provoked by Alex Silva. The Hamburg defender like Diego, a Brazilian who became first verbally and then with palpable Diego together. Referee Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium) showed two cocks dispute the yellow box.
Diego got is not even a. Even on their way into the cabin, he swore at Alex Silva, as he himself by his compatriot to take part in this grand finale on 20 May in Istanbul against Shakhtar Donetsk been felt.
"A nightmare, if not in the finals can be there," said Werder coach Thomas Schaaf. And then moved to the referee's decision: "What has made Diego got there? The other one comes and shoves him! "
Before this dispute Diego, Werder had to leave after the season in any case provided with a Klassetor for the 1:1 compensation (29.) after Ivica Olic had the HSV 1:0 in leading (13.). In Diego played with Claudio Pizarro double pass and capped the rally with his goal - world class!
The calculated Diego can now only sit and watch the finale, which takes him and Werder particularly hard. "This is terrible," felt the Emperor Franz Beckenbauer as a spectator with Werder's Brazilian, "especially the card was completely unnecessary. But Alex Silva, of course, it has provoked. "
Diego, met in the first half, even with a brilliant 20-meter shot the bar, snatched the game on Thursday, more and more themselves. Bremen was a preponderance in this game.
With the 2:1 by Claudio Pizarro, another outstanding player in the Werder-elf, Bremen was already in the final. Frank Baumann's results to make it 3-1 then it was perfect - absolutely curious results: The Hamburg Gravgaard wanted to clear up as the ball verspringt on a paper ball, which had thrown calculated HSV fans onto the pitch, for a corner. Diego that it leads, Almeida extended and Baumann behead you to 3:1. A gate that will go down in football history.
Although the HSV was still on the 2:3 connection hits (Olic, 87.), but that was not enough to progress.
"The game was incredibly hard-fought," said coach Joachim Loew also as a platform guest. And Werder coach Thomas Schaaf beamed: "I am pleased with the performance of my team. It never runs normal in our games. "
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