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St. Pauli Routed 4–0 by Gladbach for Sixth Straight Defeat as President Backs Blessin, Questions Offside Tech

The DFB conceded the offside system misdrew a line in the first-half review at Millerntor.

Overview

  • The 0–4 home loss was St. Pauli’s heaviest under coach Alexander Blessin and came against previously winless Borussia Mönchengladbach.
  • St. Pauli have fallen to 15th after six Bundesliga defeats in a row, scoring only once across the skid.
  • Club president Oke Göttlich dismissed talk of a coaching change, saying the head coach is not part of the post-match review.
  • The federation said the semi-automated offside technology drew a line on the wrong defender on the 15th-minute decision, with St. Pauli noting repeated malfunctions at their stadium and questioning payments for the system.
  • Göttlich acknowledged the tech error did not decide the game, and St. Pauli now travel to SC Freiburg with the possibility of matching a seven-game negative run.