Denmark is mad with rage against Germany and the arbitration!

It was a funny match, with this interruption forced by the very unfavorable weather conditions. A great anecdote that supporters of both teams will be able to tell their loved ones, even if we imagine that on the Danish side, we left the stadium feeling like we had had bad days. Indeed, the Danes did not come close to making a big blow, with this goal canceled in the 50th minute of play which would have given a big advantage to the team from northern Europe.

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But on the action, the former Lyon player Joachim Andersen was slightly offside. Very slightly even, since the images provided by the director showed that the illegal position of the Danish defender was played out by a few sizes of cleats… Two minutes later, he also had the misfortune of touching the ball with his hand in his area, offering the penalty allowing Kai Havertz to open the scoring. In the space of 2 minutes, we went from 1-0 for Denmark to 1-0 for Germany.

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The Danes rail against VAR

On social networks, many have denounced in-house arbitration. And Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand is also of this opinion, since he gave a huge rant after the match. “I want to congratulate Germany, we were under pressure for the first fifteen minutes, we were in survival mode. Afterwards, it was more balanced, but this match was decided by two VAR decisions. For our purpose it is played at a centimeter, I have the photo here, that is not how we should use VAR. And less than a minute later, there is this penalty awarded to Germany. I can’t stand these ridiculous decisions on my hands anymore. We can’t ask our defenders to run without using their arms anyway. In this situation, there is nothing abnormal, he jumps and catches the ball in his arm. I rarely talk about the refereeing but there, it clearly decided the course of the match. It’s frustrating, very frustrating for my team. If we had led 1-0, it would have changed everything. Football shouldn’t be that”he said.

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“Julian Nagelsmann told me there was no penalty. He thinks their goal, which was disallowed due to a free kick, should have stood at the start of the match. And then he said there was no penalty. He also said the referee was bad”for his part confided Andersen. “It’s crazy. To score first and be on top of… And what two minutes later? Then they get a penalty and score. It was a punch in the gut.”said Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg after the match. Bad evening for Denmark…