Bundesliga official Tobias Reichel takes warmth after botched name in weekend fixture
The German FA was fast to concede a refereeing error on this weekend’s Bundesliga fixture between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Augsburg. Match official discovered swift correction. Alex Feuerherdt, Head of Communications and Media Relations on the German refereeing affiliation, admitted the error when chatting with Sky Germany.
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“The sport ought to have continued and a VAR intervention would have been applicable,” Feuerherdt informed Sky. “The referee’s choice to award a penalty just isn’t in step with our guidelines. The ball got here from a teammate at shut vary and was to not be anticipated by [Augsburg’s Jeffrey] Gouweleeuw. It modified course after being blocked.“
The falsely awarded penalty wasn’t Reichel’s solely error of the match. The 39-year-old very almost awarded one other penalty within the eighty fifth minute, 14 minutes after the inaccurate choice. FCA keeper Finn Dahmen rushed out to punch a ball away from onrushing TSG striker Haris Tabakovic. Reichel initially pointed to the spot although Dahmen cleared the ball.
Fortunately, Reichel’s linesman overruled him on this occasion. The skilled Bundesliga ref however isn’t out of the woods but. He obtained and Reichel’s
Lußem factors out that Reichel additionally botched a name within the DFB quarter-final between RB Leipzig and VfL Wolfsburg on February twenty sixth when he incorrectly assessed an alleged handball by Wolfsburg’s Kilian Fischer. In each circumstances, the VAR crew additionally let him down. Lußem nonetheless identified that the well-compensated Reichel would possibly must have his whistle taken away for some time.
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“With an annual wage of greater than €100,000 in complete, he ought to be handled as some other skilled,” Lußem writes. “Extremely educated professionals should be topic to critiques. Reichel, as the primary particular person accountable, will surely profit from a break to mirror.“
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