NFL govt Shawn Hochuli shocked the group on the Allianz Arena in Munich on Sunday when he introduced a false begin penalty in German throughout halftime of the Carolina Panthers’ eventual 20-17 victory over the New York Giants.
The complete penalty was referred to as in German besides on the finish, when Hochuli closed with “It’s over the center. It’s third down.”
What makes the 46-year-old’s name even higher is that he is following within the footsteps of his father, Ed, who referred to as a private foul penalty in Spanish through the NFL’s first recreation in Mexico — and the primary common season recreation performed off the sphere . United States – between Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers on the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in 2005.
Hochuli entered the league in 2014 and was promoted to referee in 2018 after his father retired. He is extensively recognized for giving Tom Brady the primary unsportsmanlike conduct penalty of Brady’s profession in a 2022 playoff recreation.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell just lately shared that the league is working “very laborious” to carry a recreation in Berlin after continued success in different German cities. The NFL performed its first common season recreation in Germany in Munich in 2022, then two video games in Frankfurt in 2023. Sunday’s recreation between the Giants and Panthers reportedly offered out in simply over 90 minutes when tickets they went on sale in June.
The NFL hosted its first worldwide recreation in Brazil this season and it’s headed to Spain for the primary time subsequent yr with a match in Madrid. London has additionally hosted three matches this season.
The Panthers got here away with the additional time victory in Sunday’s recreation — the final of this yr’s worldwide slate — after kicking a subject purpose following a pricey Giants fumble at their very own 23-yard line that gave Carolina a brief subject and all of the momentum.
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