Last Wednesday the match between Feyenoord and PSV was scheduled in De Kuip. The Rotterdam team eventually managed to win 1-0, which qualified them for the quarter-finals of the TOTO KNVB Cup.
One of the standouts on Feyenoord’s side was Quinten Timber. He was also the only goalscorer of the match. Geert den Ouden also saw the midfielder play a good match. “It didn’t turn out that way at the beginning, he was also injured,” Den Ouden said FC Rijnmond van Rijnmond. ‘Now you see why Feyenoord brought him in. A bit Bosvelt, a bit Van Gastel-like, that fierce. That’s nice to see.’
Afterwards, there was mainly talk about the alleged penalty for Noa Lang from PSV. Den Ouden knows the rules of refereeing well and thought it was a penalty. ‘Ultimately I think that the VAR and the referee do not communicate well with each other. In this case it may be due to the VAR, because it has those images. On the other hand, it is a situation where Higler, who is standing there in the field at that moment, thinks, hey, this could be a penalty. And then you could perhaps ask the VAR, hey, take a good look at it or maybe we could look at it together. I do think that in the future we will have to go there to make even fewer mistakes than we are already making. Few mistakes are made anymore. The VAR has already brought us a lot. But these kinds of things can be removed.’
Explanation of rules
Den Ouden provides further explanation about the rules. ‘FIFA and UEFA explain the rule as follows. You have hit and play. Playing means the moment the defender arrives and he actually plays the ball away. So in this case, if Wieffer had actually played the ball over the back line, we call that a play. We call it hitting what Wieffer actually did. He hits the ball, the ball doesn’t really change direction, he does hit it. If Wieffer then does not hit Noa Lang, Noa Lang can continue, because the ball is not gone, allowing him to complete the attack. But Wieffer committed a foul, and then it should be a penalty. When playing, a player is sometimes hit. So if Wieffer had played the ball and hit Noa Lang, in a not rash manner, we would call that negligible.’ The Rijnmond analyst did not think Mats Wieffer’s foul was a yellow card. Comment
