Overview
- Michael Gregoritsch delivered both Augsburg goals, heading an equalizer and later finishing the winner after service from Alexis Claude-Maurice.
- Referee Sascha Stegemann awarded St. Pauli a penalty for Marius Wolf’s challenge, and the VAR declined to intervene because it saw no clear error.
- CEO Michael Ströll condemned the decision as the season’s most egregious mistake and questioned the point of VAR after the non-intervention.
- Coach Manuel Baum criticized the overall display despite back-to-back league wins for the first time this season and warned standards must rise for Mainz.
- Augsburger Allgemeine reports Arne Maier has left for Újpest Budapest and that Beşiktaş has submitted a €10 million offer for Mert Kömür.