Eintracht fume at VAR: Siebert on disallowed goal v Bayern | OneFootball

FC Bayern continued their winning streak with a 3-0 victory in Frankfurt—also because a goal by Eintracht did not count. After a video review, Jean-Matteo Bahoya’s temporary 1-1 equalizer was disallowed due to a handball. Referee Daniel Siebert explained his decision after the match—and showed an unusual degree of self-criticism.

In the 38th minute, Eintracht player Ritsu Doan controlled a long ball from Robin Koch brilliantly, dribbled past Konrad Laimer, and set up Bahoya, who put the ball in the net. But the goal was overturned after a VAR check—Doan had touched the ball with his hand during the challenge.

“The technical rule that overrides everything here is that the hand goes to the ball,” Siebert later explained on Sky. “The ball was actually already heading in another direction. But because of this touch, it suddenly ended up at his feet again and he had it under control. I am convinced that if the ball hadn’t hit his hand, Konrad Laimer would have gotten his body in between and won the ball.”

Frustration at Eintracht—and an honest referee

Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller described the incident after the match as having a “bad aftertaste.” Already the previous week, his team had not been awarded a “clear hand penalty” in their 6-4 win over Gladbach. Sporting director Markus Krösche also showed little understanding: “Whether it was directly before the goal, I don’t see it in that situation. They could have let play continue.”

Siebert himself took responsibility for the scene: “It’s annoying. None of this would have happened if the play had been stopped immediately. That would have saved a lot of emotion and frustration—and me a few minus points on my evaluation sheet.”

The 40-year-old openly admitted that the situation had caught him off guard: “I saw it a bit, but if you’re going to disallow a goal, you have to see it clearly. The fact that the player hit the ball with his own hand was too unexpected for me, so I wasn’t fully focused on it.”

Despite the frustration over the incident, one thing remained clear: FC Bayern were simply a size too big that evening. But at least one person, Daniel Siebert, is unlikely to forget the match anytime soon—for entirely different reasons.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.