Schiri expert explains excitement of the match day
02.10.2025 14:43 | 2: 08m
It was the excitement scene on the Bundesliga Sunday: Stuttgart’s Ermedin Demirović took out a penalty in the duel with Cologne goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe, which led to 1-1. But was it also a penalty? And should the VAR have been involved? Referee expert Lutz Wagner has a clear answer.
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What speaks for it is the cause and effect. The player showed no impairment. He continued.
He almost had.
One.
Situation in the penalty area was checked. According to the pictures, the goalkeeper meets the striker into the Achilles tendon. Final decision. Therefore penalty.
Yes, I was on site live. I was a referee observer and coach. At first you twitch together. Then I see the pictures. Must say one first impression was on. The second impression in the view of the pictures was there a hit back on the foot, on the heel, on the Achilles heel. The referee spontaneously decided to continue playing. What speaks for it is the cause and effect. The player showed no impairment. He continued. The clear goal, on the other hand, speaks for the penalty. No matter what the referee is doing now, we have two arguments for both sides. It is therefore never a case for the VA. I would have liked this case to stay with the referee and that he decides on the field. Because no matter how he decides, it is not or is not a clear wrong decision.
In VR there has been not how many years have been known since I know. I was not a friend, I am not a friend and will never be a friend of it.
Of course, the trainer is emotional. I can also understand that, of course, he also sees this from his point of view. And if it is for him, then he is usually satisfied and doesn’t say much. So I think it is completely normal for this reaction to come, but we also have to see in fact that the VA makes the game fairer because it simply preserves the referee from the classic wrong decisions. However, there will still be a measure of injustice. We get better, but we will not achieve absolute justice, even with the VA. This is a fallacy.