After the first loudspeaker declaration of a video evidence decision on Sunday in the Bundesliga, the pilot project is expanded to the DFB Cup-but not to all games.
This was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Monday. In the upcoming quarter -finals, the two games between Bayer Leverkusen and the 1st FC Köln on Wednesday (8:45 p.m./Live in the first) as well as between RB Leipzig and VfL Wolfsburg on February 26 (8:45 p.m.) can occur.
The final on May 24th in the Berlin Olympic Stadium was also included in the test phase.
Philipp Plogmaker, Sportschau, 02.02.2025 6:14 p.m.
First announcement at Leverkusen – Hoffenheim on Sunday
Referee Robin Braun had started the pilot project based on the model of the US football league NFL on Sunday in the Bundesliga game between Master Bayer Leverkusen and TSG Hoffenheim (3-1). “The announcement was easy to understand in the stadium and made the reason for taking back the penalty transparent for the audience,” commented those responsible at Schiri GmbH around Boss Knut Kircher the premiere: “This gave a real added value.”
Test run at least until the end of the season
A total of 67 league games should be part of the test run by the end of the season. The second division game on Friday between SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Jahn Regensburg (6.30 p.m.) is the next one that comes into question. FIFA also uses the principle of using the druchsagen at the 2026 World Cup.
Many organized fan scenes are negative of the video assistant. In Hamburg there was a poster with the inscription at the HSV home game: “Shit Var – End of the announcement.”
Fans of the HSV hold up a poster with the inscription “Scheiß Var – end of the announcement”.
In Norway there was a debate about the abolition of the video assistant through fan protests, and a general assembly of the association at the beginning of March.