Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand criticized the refereeing and use of VAR which canceled a Danish goal and gifted Germany a penalty during the round of 16 of Euro 2024 won 2-0 by the host country , Saturday in Dortmund.
“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”video refereeing, he declared at a press conference.
“I can’t stand these decisions anymore”
“For our goal (disallowed for offside, Editor’s note) it was decided by one centimetre, I have the photo here, that’s not how we should use VAR”continued the Danish coach.
“And less than a minute later, there is this penalty awarded to Germany (for a handball in the area by Joachim Andersen, author of the goal disallowed earlier, Editor’s note). I can’t stand these ridiculous decisions about hands anymore.”he continued.
“We can’t ask our defenders to run without using their arms anyway. In this situation, there is nothing abnormal, he jumps and he takes the ball in his arm. I rarely talk about the refereeing but there, it clearly decided the course of the match”Kasper Hjulmand regretted.
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“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 concluded.
In the quarter-finals, Germany will face the winner of the match between Spain and Georgia.
