Referee Felix Zwayer defends his decision-making after two hugely controversial penalty calls in Bayern Munich’s win over Borussia Dortmund which led to astonishing attack by Jude Bellingham referencing official’s ban for match-fixing
Referee Felix Zwayer has explained his decision-making after two controversial penalty calls led to Bayern Munich beating Borussia Dortmund and Jude Bellingham referencing the official’s involvement in a past match-fixing scandal.
Dortmund’s players and manager Marco Rose were left fuming over a number of decisions that went against them in the 3-2 defeat on Saturday night.
In particular, they were left aggrieved at a contentious handball verdict against defender Mats Hummels that resulted in Robert Lewandowski converting the winning penalty.
Referee Felix Zwayer defended his decision-making after two contentious penalty calls in Bayern Munich’s 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday night
Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham referenced Zwayer’s previous ban for match-fixing in a post-match interview following his side’s defeat
Dortmund were also denied a penalty earlier in the game when Marco Reus went down under challenge from Lucas Hernandez.
England midfielder Bellingham questioned in a post-match television interview why a referee who was banned for six months for his involvement in the 2005 German match-fixing scandal was allowed to take charge of such an important match.
‘You give a referee that has match-fixed before the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?’ said Bellingham.
But Zwayer, speaking to Sky Sport Deutschland, said of the Hummels handball decision: ‘The situation was a standard corner kick.
‘I see in…
Source : dailymail
