Bundesliga
Still confusion about the use of the VAR in Mönchengladbach
Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck controls via video evidence. photo
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Once again the use of the video referee in the Bundesliga caused a stir. And once again the coaches were annoyed that he had even turned on. Surprisingly, Daniel Farke of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Michael Wimmer of VfB Stuttgart agreed after the Rhinelanders’ 3: 1 (2: 1).
Once again the use of the video referee in the Bundesliga caused a stir. And once again the coaches were annoyed that he had even turned on. Surprisingly, Daniel Farke of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Michael Wimmer of VfB Stuttgart agreed after the Rhinelanders’ 3: 1 (2: 1).
“How can you give that yellow?”
The trigger was triggered by a punch from Ramy Bensebaini (Gladbach) hitting Stuttgart’s Waldemar Anton after around 15 minutes. “There are no two opinions. It was a bright red card,” Anton complained after the match. Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck saw things differently and showed Bensebaini a yellow card for alleged unsportsmanlike conduct. “How can you give him a yellow card?” Anton asked angrily. Wimmer also found that “Gladbach could not have complained about a red card”.
Indeed, video referee Tobias Welz intervened and sued Jöllenbeck in front of the monitor. But the Freiburg referee remained true to his opinion. The fact that the match was interrupted for several minutes then shocked both coaches. “I have always learned that the VAR should intervene when it is a clearly wrong decision. If the referee still sticks to his opinion, then that speaks for itself,” said Farke and Wimmer also agreed: “If the VAR intervenes, there it must be a clear wrong decision. Of course it wasn’t. “
