Christian Günter reacts to Bayern Munich’s penalty: “If that’s handball, then I’ll stop playing football.”

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·2 September 2024

Christian Günter reacts to Bayern Munich’s penalty: “If that’s handball, then I’ll stop playing football.”

Speaking to DAZN (via @iMiaSanMia) after SC Freiburg’s 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Sunday, captain Christian Günter revealed his thoughts on the penalty which led to the first goal.

Despite Bayern dominating the ball, Freiburg had managed to keep them at bay with a good defensive performance, however, in an aerial duel with Harry Kane, Freiburg defender Max Rosenfelder jumped to reach the ball but it hit his arm in the process. On the penalty decision, Günter said:

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“A really crazy penalty. One thing is that it was probably from 50 centimeters, the other is that when you make a movement, when you jump, then of course your arms go up a bit. Rose had his arm behind his body. So if that’s handball, then I’d rather stop playing football, because that’s really such nonsense. I really don’t understand it.”

The left-back then added:

“Maybe the DFB should do some training on how to jump without arms. That would be good. Maybe they should introduce that before the season next year, they should come and show us how to jump without arms. I don’t understand it. But the people who decide should step in front of the cameras and explain these situations.”

After the penalty, Bayern continued their domination and would secure the win when Thomas Müller, on his 710th appearance for the side, scored a technically great goal to make it 2-0.

This decision was not the only questionable one of the weekend as Mainz were awarded a penalty in their 3-3 draw with Stuttgart when Enzo Millot and Jonathan Burkardt seemed to collide to bring the German striker down. The penalty was scored to make it 2-1 which ignited Mainz’s comeback.

GGFN | Jack Meenan