Kaiserslautern v. Hansa Rostock

Just finished watching this, but it's not over technically. Heath Pearce just received a straight red, which wasn't entirely fair. He dragged his guy down, but (1) he was not the last man back and (2) his guy was in the process of executing a nifty maneuver of having Pearce's arm locked in his armpit. He was dragging Pearce along with him for twenty yards or so. Isn't that a foul?

Anyway, it was 3:0 to Kaiserlautern at that point. In the battle of Pearce versus Robles, both were completely anonymous. In Robles's case, it was by reason of his goal being not threatened. In Pearce's case, it was because he played the role of whatever is the opposite of a rampaging left back to perfection. He didn't make any egregious errors (even on the red card), but did absolutely nothing to distinguish himself in a positive way either. He did not look to be involved in the first two goals, the second a horrendous error by Hansa, who allowed the scorer behind them on a free kick completely unchallenged (in fact, a defender inexplicably peeled off). On the third, he may have had a role in that he may not have been where he was supposed to be, but I am not sure. Also, I think it was him who failed to pull the trigger in the box, EJ style, after a nice flowing move by Hansa late on. On one occasion, he lost the ball and then got completely burned on the ensuing counterattack.

In conclusion, in this chippy 2.Bundesliga match, Pearce was not up to par, either athletically or technically. Disappointing.

UPDATE: Final score is 6:0. Pearce was dismissed in the 64th minute. The rampage then resumed without interruption.

UPDATE 2: Apparently, Robles was called for a foul in the box, but saved the subsequent penalty in the 72nd minute. I had to read Yanks Abroad to find this out.