Dortmund's Hoenheiß Rejects 100% Officially by Bundesliga and DFB
Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany watches as Nicolas Jackson leaves the pitch after his red card during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern Munich at the BayArena. Federico Gambarini/dpa The German Football Federation (DFB) has dismissed sharp criticism from Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness on the refereeing in the 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen where Bayern had two players sent off and two goals disallowed. Bayern players Nicolas Jackson got a straight red and Luis Diaz had to go after a second booking on Saturday when goals from Jonathan Tah and Harry Kane were disallowed for handball.
Leverkusen also had a late goal from Jonas Hofmann disallowed for a narrow offside. Referee Christian Dingert said post-match he made a mistake by sending Diaz off for diving while Hoeness had told the Bild paper that it was "the worst refereeing performance I have ever seen at a Bundesliga match. " Nothing scandalous But DFB refereeing body spokesman Alexander Feuerherdt told the AZ paper that "we can not confirm" such a view.
"Especially the match relevant decisions were correct or at least justifiable - with the exception of the yellow-red card, which referee Christian Dingert has admitted to himself," Feuerherdt said. "Perhaps Uli Hoeness' opinion was influenced by the fact that the majority of these match-related decisions went against FC Bayern. But we are certainly not talking about scandalous mistakes here.
” Bayern fury Bayern were especially incensed by the sending off of Diaz but also about Kane's alleged handball when he was hit from close range by Leverkusen goalkeeper Janis Blaswich seconds after coming on. Diaz got his marching orders for the alleged dive and Dingert admitted to his mistake after seeing replays showing that there had been contact between Blaswich and the winger. Dingert pointed out that the video assistant could not intervene over the second booking under current rules because they limit reviews to goals and direct sendings off.
Diaz will still miss Bayern's game next week against Union Berlin because even a wrong on the spot decision can't be overturned. "I am not happy that Lucho is banned. " Bayern coach Vincent Kompany told Sky TV.