2024-09-02 02:38:32
The discussion about handball penalties in the Bundesliga continues. In the game between Bayern and Freiburg there were two controversial scenes.
Captain Christian Günter of SC Freiburg has criticized the penalty decision in the 0-2 defeat in the Bundesliga against FC Bayern Munich because of a handball by his teammate Max Rosenfelder. “A really crazy penalty. If that’s handball, then I’d rather just stop playing football. That’s such nonsense,” said the 31-year-old defender on the streaming service DAZN.
Bayern striker Harry Kane headed the SC defender on the upper arm in an aerial duel with Rosenfelder. Video assistant Harm Osmers reported after referee Christian Dingert awarded a corner. The 44-year-old referee watched the scene from the sidelines – and then pointed to the penalty spot.
The Freiburg players, including coach Julian Schuster, reacted in horror. “I felt the ball on my hand, but it was clear to me: no penalty. I’m in a duel with him, I think that’s a completely normal movement. I think he’ll head the ball two meters wide if he doesn’t touch my hand. So it’s bitter,” said unlucky Rosenfelder.
His captain saw it the same way. “I really don’t understand it. The DFB needs to do some training on how to jump without arms. That would be good. Maybe they should introduce that next year. Before the season, they should come and show us professionals how to jump without arms,” said Günter.
Coach Schuster criticized the intervention of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in particular. “I don’t know why anyone would complain,” said the coach. The referee did everything right and did not award a handball penalty. He called the penalty decision for his team in injury time, when Bayern’s Palinha got the ball in his hand from very close range in the penalty area, “embarrassing.” Schuster: “When you get a penalty like that, I don’t want that at all.”