The action took place at minute 79, when Thuram faced Posch
Marcus Thuram, attacker of Borussia Monchengladbach and son of former soccer player Lilian Thuram, spat Stefan Posch in the face of the defender of Hoffenheim, a situation that cost the French attacker his expulsion on the thirteenth day of the Bundesliga.
The action came in the 79th minute when Thuram faced Posch, but the shooter spat in Posch’s face regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic. The scene was discussed in the VAR and later number 10 of the Monchengladbach saw the red card.
The eviction came when the game was 1-1 with scores of Lars Stindl by the locals and Andrej Kramaric van Hoffenheim, a team that took advantage of the numerical superiority to get there at minute 86 with both of 1-2 Ryan Sessegnon.
At the end of the match, Mönchengladbach coach Marco Rose condemned Thuram’s behavior and apologized.
“On behalf of the club and personally as a coach, I would like to apologize for the incident with Marcus Thuram and the red card. That is not part of football. It has crossed all boundaries and it is not appropriate. Marcus Thuram is a good player and a good person, he is very thoughtful and very well trained. You may have left a fuse in this scene, that’s the only way I can explain what happened to myself. I’m sorry. He has done the team a disservice. “
Thuram has played 20 commitments so far this season, 13 in the Bundesliga, six in the Champions League and one more in the Cup, in which he has four notes in addition to seven assists.
The defeat of Mönchengladbach against Hoffenheim puts Rose’s team in eighth place with 18 points, while his opponent of matchday 13 is in eleventh place.