Without video evidence, never-ending cup trouble |
Dear VAR enemies, …
Two referee decisions in the cup drive two northern clubs up the wall.
Both times it would have gone differently with a video referee. But that only happens after the round of 16…
Ablachgarantie 1000! Unbelievable how the VAR makes THIS Kluivert scene worse
20.10.2022
Dear VAR enemies, do you enjoy football more that way?
► Crime scene Leipzig: Simakan with a headbutt against HSV professional Jatta. Referee Cortus gives yellow instead of red. Leipzig scores later to make it 3-0.
Referee boss Lutz-Michael Fröhlich (65) to BILD: “I see an active movement with the head forward.”
► Tatort Paderborn: The 3:2 from Füllkrug is taken back by referee Willenborg. Reason: The 4th official claims to have seen a foul play (Chiarodia on Leipertz). In the end, Werder is thrown out (6:7 on penalties).
Thorsten Kinhöfer (54), referee expert at BILD am SONNTAG: “Since the VAR came into existence, the referees have made fewer and fewer decisions themselves. They have often lost their ability to make good and correct decisions.”
Bremen’s Leonardo Bittencourt (28): “The referee was good, but without a video referee, they probably can’t do it anymore…”
Fröhlich again: “The process in Paderborn is somewhat unusual. There was contact, but the referee has to keep an eye on the area of the penalty area where the ball is coming from corner kicks. We definitely want the 4th officials to get involved in the game management, but that was a bit too much, he shouldn’t have reported it.”
And further: “If the VAR is in action, he is scolded – if he is not in action, he is missed. That is the fate of referees.”
