📸 No VAR drama in Cologne, Bayern turn DFB-Pokal tie with offside goal | OneFootball

Quick shower and then a lightning comeback! Bayern fights back in Cologne with a double strike to avoid a cup exit and turns the match around after falling behind. Bitter for Effzeh, though: the 1-1 equalizer really shouldn’t have counted.

In the 36th minute, Luis Díaz was offside when Stanisic took his shot, which Zieler could only parry, and then Díaz put the ball in the net. Since there was no new phase of play, the goal should actually have been disallowed.

However, referee Tobias Welz and his team didn’t see it and allowed the goal. Since there is no VAR in the second round of the cup, there was no way to intervene afterwards.

Things got even worse for Cologne. Just two minutes later, Harry Kane was played in and the Englishman curled the ball beautifully into the corner while turning.

Can Cologne recover from this? At the very least, they’ll be frustrated that the equalizer came from an irregular goal.

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