Dingert and Bayern: It’s not the first „scandal game“ | OneFootball

Christian Dingert had a massive influence on FC Bayern’s Bundesliga clash with Bayer Leverkusen yesterday afternoon with several controversial decisions – and it wasn’t the first time

A performance that Uli Hoeneß described in the BILD newspaper as „the worst performance by a refereeing team that I have ever seen in a Bundesliga match“ caused outrage throughout Germany on Saturday

Referee Christian Dingert had two of the record champions‘ goals at FC Bayern’s Bundesliga match in Leverkusen taken back, both due to alleged handball

First, the ball bounced off Jonathan Tah’s arm before he poked it into the goal, and later Harry Kane partially blocked a drive from Jannis Blaswich with his elbow, which referee Dingert also classified as a punishable handball. Both decisions caused at least some astonishment, and not just among FC Bayern fans

Luis Díaz was later shown a yellow and red card for an alleged foul after stumbling and falling in a duel with Blaswich,

Dingert had already attracted criticism earlier

Dingert’s controversial performance yesterday afternoon was not the first appearance in which FC Bayern and its supporters felt disadvantaged. Dingert’s decisions at the home match against VfL Bochum in March 2025 already caused numerous discussions

As kicker reported at the time, the referee should have shown Bochum defender Jakov Medić a straight red card for a foul on Leroy Sané that led to a penalty. He was also the last man to go into the tackle. Medić scored ten minutes later to make it 2-1 at the interval

A Bayern player was later shown a straight red card: Joao Palhinha had clearly and cleanly played the ball in midfield, but then hit his opponent „through no fault of his own“, as kicker put it. The crowning moment was a free-kick when Bochum’s Tom Krauß kicked himself in the heels and then dropped theatrically.