Lehmann gets away with Unirea bathrooom break

December 12, 2009

VfB Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann must have been sighed a huge relief at the final whistle when his side outplayed Unirea Urziceni in the Champions League match on Wednesday night, after it emerged he urinated behind the goal during the match.

Lehmann has admitted since that he was as “nervous as ever before”, presumably before the incident that occurred on one knee, behind the goal and in front of 40,000 fans.

Lehmann was interrupted by an attack from the Romanian side, meaning he had to jump back over the advertising signage before suffering the embarrassment of a conceded goal or a yellow card for leaving the pitch without permission.

But Stuttgart’s director of sport Horst Heldt was quoted in the Guardian praising Lehmann for his handling of the sticky situation.

“I thought he handled it very expertly,” he said.

“It was a tricky situation. He could hardly run into the dressing room while play was going on and it reminded me of the Tour de France – sometimes there are simply no options.”

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