After Denmark’s elimination against Germany (2-0) in the round of 16 of Euro 2024 on Saturday evening in Dortmund, Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand was not kind to the refereeing and in particular video assistance. For the Scandinavian technician, his team was clearly disadvantaged by the VAR.
Kasper Hjulmand angry. The Denmark coach criticized the refereeing and use of VAR which canceled a Danish goal and offered Germany a penalty during the round of 16 of Euro 2024 won 2-0 by the host country on 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 decisions from the VAR”, the referee video, he declared at a press conference. “For our goal (disallowed for offside) it was played from a centimeter away, I have the photo here, that’s not how we should use VAR,” continued the Danish coach.
“I rarely talk about arbitration but here…”
“And less than a minute later, there was 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,” regretted Kasper Hjulmand. “It’s frustrating, very frustrating for my team. If we had led 1-0, it would have changed everything. Football, that’s not what it should be,” he concluded.
