🤯 Groundhog Day for Bayern: VAR frustration strikes again | OneFootball

During the week, Bayern Munich had made a strong case for winning the Champions League with a resounding victory, but today, things just wouldn’t go their way for a long time. 

First, the Munich side fell behind against Leverkusen, then a goal by Tah didn’t count, before Nicolas Jackson had to take an early shower with a straight red card after a nasty foul on Martin Terrier. All of this happened before the halftime whistle, and the second half continued in similarly wild fashion. 

Just 47 seconds after being substituted in, Harry Kane scored what seemed to be the equalizer with only his second touch of the ball. However, after reviewing the footage, his goal was disallowed—when Blaswich’s failed clearance hit Kane’s elbow, it was deemed a handball. 

Especially tough: After the rebound, Luis Diaz was still on the ball and set up Kane’s goal. 

Bayern managed to equalize just a few moments later nonetheless. Olise intercepted a misplaced pass, shifted the play to Diaz, who coolly slotted the ball into the bottom right corner.

But the goal was clearly just a snapshot, because shortly before the end, Bayern suddenly found themselves down to nine men on the pitch. Goalscorer Diaz saw the yellow-red card—the second yellow, which led to his sending off, was for diving. 

That didn’t change the result, and it remained a draw (also due to another disallowed goal, this time on Bayer’s side). 

What do you think, was the VAR intervention on Kane’s goal justified? Feel free to let us know in the comments. 

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

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