Hoeneß scolds about video evidence: “The joke of the year

Bayern Munich’s president Uli Hoeneß has sharply criticized the video referee’s intervention in the game at RB Leipzig (0:0) after the first match ball awarded in the title race of the German Soccer League. A goal scored by international Leon Goretzka (50th) was disallowed by referee Manuel Gräfe after video evidence, because Robert Lewandowski had previously been very thin on the sidelines.

The “offside,” as Hoeneß called it, “is the joke of the year. That was not a clear mistake. The video evidence is there to correct clear wrong decisions. It was the same height”.

With a victory in the DFB Cup final Munich would not have been able to take the 29th championship. Instead, the decision will now be made on the last matchday. Next Saturday the Bavarians will receive Eintracht Frankfurt with two points ahead of Borussia Dortmund. The BVB is a guest at Borussia Mönchengladbach and is once again dependent on the help of marksmen.

Hoeneß has no doubts about winning the title. “I’m very relaxed. If the team plays like today, we won’t have a problem,” he said, “I’ll get a good night’s sleep because I know that if they fight and hang in like today, we’ll be German champions on Saturday.” He had seen a great performance from his team: “We were clearly the better team for me with many, many chances to score.