After top game against Bayern
“I miss the words”: Alex Popp attacks referee
Updated on March 15th, 2025 – 2:13 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
VfL Wolfsburg loses the Bundesliga cracker from FC Bayern. After that, the VfL captain breathes air-and particularly criticizes a fact.
After the 1: 3 of VfL Wolfsburg in the top game of the women’s Bundesliga against league leaders Bayern Munich, Alexandra Popp criticized referee Fabienne Michel. The 33-year-old criticized unequal standards in the evaluation of duels and was particularly upset by an unreasonable scene.
Popp received a yellow card for a tackle during the game on Friday, but found the decisions of the referee to be inconsistent. “What bothers me is: I go so in, I get the yellow card. It’s all fine. But a Caro Simon goes in the same way with Lena Lattwein and nothing happens,” said the former international.
Popp was particularly upset about a foul by Klara Bühl to her that was not punished. “So how you can’t whistle it, and to take it as a reason: ‘Yes, she slips away, that’s no intention.’ So then I’m sorry, “she said. “Then I just miss the words.”
Despite positive developments in referee, Popp continues to see need for improvement. There are still “situations where you think: ‘Hui, difficult’. But how you can change it now? I don’t know, no idea.” She herself had the feeling that “sometimes this understanding is missing a little”. There is no video evidence that could correct mistakes from the game leaders.
In the past, votes for changes in the referee’s referee had commented on the league. Wolfsburg’s director Ralf Kellermann had suggested during the winter break to also use male referees for the games of the women’s Bundesliga. So far, this has not been implemented, but four male assistants are in the referee squad this season.