There is great frustration at FC Bayern. After the draw against HSV, the club attacked the referee. An ex-referee supports the disappointment.
Hamburg – It will probably take a few days until this frustrating evening is forgotten. After the 1:2 defeat against Augsburg, FC Bayern made the next mistake and only played 2:2 at Hamburger SV. During and after the game, the focus was on referee Harm Osmers. The German record champions didn’t like several decisions at all. Rightly so, says former referee Manuel Gräfe.
Hamburger SV took the lead after a penalty. Joshua Kimmich was accused of criminally fouling Nicolai Remberg. During the course of the game, the Munich team wanted to have a penalty whistle on their side twice, but both times it failed to happen. Harry Kane’s frustration was vented in the catacombs of the Volkspark, while FCB captain Manuel Neuer was extremely annoyed in the Sky interview.
Ex-referee Gräfe takes FC Bayern’s side in the referee discussion
Manuel Gräfe chose them in his analysis Bild the penalty for HSV and quickly came to the following verdict: “Kimmich is said to have caused a penalty. In the slow motion you can’t even see any contact. But even if there was a minimal contact, a stripe on the shin, that is, and I have to say this very clearly, a dirty decision. These penalties are destroying football and it is getting out of hand. We currently have a penalty problem.”
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He compares the situation with scenes from other Bundesliga games and comes to the conclusion that there is no longer a common thread running through the decisions. “The line is missing, especially when it comes to penalties. These situations have to be eliminated from football.” HSV professional Remberg also gets his fat off because: Gräfe accuses him of waiting for just this one opportunity to get the whistle without contact.
Should VAR have intervened? “If you don’t recognize any contact, the VAR should actually go in. A penalty is such a bad punishment that it can only be imposed if it is 100% correct and understandable,” demands Gräfe. “And here you can see that the player with the left doesn’t want to appear at all anymore. He uses this minimal contact, if there was any at all, you don’t even notice it.”
For him, penalties that arise in this way no longer have a place in football. “He doesn’t step up, but immediately takes off with his left leg, throws himself down, and acts hunched over in pain, as if he had been caught head-on with his sole open. That will only harm football in the long run.” Of course, these statements no longer help FC Bayern. However, they should underline why the referee’s scolding was so clear. (is)
