There was excitement in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 between Dortmund and Eindhoven: was the penalty against Mats Hummels justified or not? The BVB professional has a clear opinion.
Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels harshly criticized the referees after the penalty he caused at PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday evening. “We are in the Champions League round of 16, so you have to expect the highest level from the referees”said the BVB professional after the 1:1 (1:0) in the first leg of the round of 16 on Amazon Prime. “We are on the completely wrong path in this regard. Unfortunately, I have the impression that the VAR has made the referees worse. I used to think the referees were better.”
Decision against Mats Hummels confirmed by VAR
Hummels first played the ball during a tackle in his own penalty area, but then also hit opponent Malik Tillman. The Serbian referee Srdjan Jovanovic awarded a penalty, his decision was confirmed by the video referee. PSV captain Luuk de Jong converted the penalty to make the final score 1-1 (56th minute). “Tillman was laughing his ass off on the pitch, Bakayoko was laughing his ass off on the pitch, they were all grinning at me for minutes”said Hummels furiously.
The former professional referee Wolfgang Stark spoke about one on Amazon Prime “tricky situation”in which you could definitely decide on a penalty, because Hummels “a high risk due to tackling” was received and “a clear contact with the trailing leg” would have existed.
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These statements angered Hummels: “This is an explanation that can only come from the rule book and not from professional football, I would like to emphasize that. Dragging leg after I played the ball three minutes earlier – with all my love.” Hummels supported the idea of including ex-professionals as video referees. “No defender in the world will give you this penalty”said the national player.
Source: Stern

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