VIDEO: Play delayed in Leverkusen-Dortmund after manager refuses to be sent to stands
Reuters
Sunday's Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen was delayed for nine minutes after Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt refused to be sent off the pitch.
Schmidt protested the run-up to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's opening goal for the visiting Dortmund. Leverkusen captain Stefan Kiessling then spoke in his manager's ear as Zwayer made his decision to stop play.
Referee Felix Zwayer ordered both sets of players into the tunnel once it became clear Schmidt wouldn't accept a seat in the stands.
Television pictures showed officials talking to each other in the tunnel area before the doors were closed.
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