Should have given a penalty: referee boss admits serious mistakes in the BVB game

Should have given penalties
Referee boss admits serious mistakes in the BVB game

Borussia Dortmund celebrates a clear victory against 1. FC Köln, apparently also thanks to a wrong decision by the referees. Their sporting director explains that if BVB was 2-0, Effzeh should have been awarded a penalty.

The sporting director of the Bundesliga referee, Peter Sippel, retrospectively classified the handball by Borussia Dortmund’s Mahmoud Dahoud in the game against 1. FC Köln as worthy of a penalty. “The hand is very high and he blocks the ball with it, so it’s a punishable handball for us, the referee sees it that way afterwards,” said Sippel in the Sport1 “double pass”.

When BVB made it 6-1, referee Daniel Siebert did not decide on a penalty after a handball by Dahoud in the penalty area in the 26th minute when the score was 2-0. The scene had been checked by the video referee, but he had not corrected Siebert’s decision.

“Too big a discrepancy” threatens

“The video assistant then decided that from his point of view it was not clear and obvious. He could have given Daniel the opportunity to watch it outside yesterday,” said Sippel. Dahoud touched a free-kick from Florian Kainz with his hand. According to Sippel, the player’s intention to clear the ball and the distance to the ball were decisive criteria.

It is important to clearly communicate the criteria on a regular basis and to name wrong decisions, said Sippel. The former referee also cited the interpretation of the handball rule in international matches as a point to consider. “Otherwise we have too big a discrepancy.” In general, handball is punished even more severely internationally. “The differences become clear in practice.”

The handball rule has been a source of discussion for a long time, professionals and coaches sometimes only wave annoyedly at the discussion about it, fans complain about the lack of transparency and reliability in the decisions. DFB referee boss Lutz Michael Fröhlich recently said that major changes or adjustments are currently not an issue. “The handball rule was not that extensive in the past. There were a lot of requests from football, the rule has been adjusted,” said Fröhlich. The rule has become more complex, but “also at the request of football”.

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