Penalty in the DFB Cup
“Should he cut his arm or what?”
Updated on 02/26/2025 – 11:59 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The departure from the DFB Cup was bitter for VfL Wolfsburg. The decisive scene was severely realized afterwards.
VfL Wolfsburg wanted to move into the semi-finals of the DFB Cup on Wednesday evening. But nothing came of the project. The Lower Saxony lost 0-1 at RB Leipzig and eliminated the competition. But Benjamin Šeško’s hit was caused by the VfL camp.
What happened? The scorer had achieved the lead for Leipzig by a penalty. The goal was preceded by a very controversial decision by referee Tobias Reichel. Because Šeško had previously shot the ball on his arm from an extremely short distance. The video assistant does not subsequently corrected Reichel.
Accordingly, Wolfsburg was served goalkeeper Marius Müller after the game. “It is always shit, but with such a decision it is difficult,” said the 31-year-old at the Sky microphone. When asked whether the whistle can be understood at least halfway, Müller replied: “No, no, no. So never at all.”
Shortly afterwards the keeper became even clearer. “I think if you see it on the pitch in real speed and then see it on TV, then it is never, never really a penalty,” said Müller. “I mean what should Kili do: should he separate his arm, or what?” The fact that there is no clear line in such cases has been “the big problem for years.”
Wolfsburg’s sports director Sebastian Schindzielorz was also disappointed with how it had come from. “It is really bitter that such a decision makes this important game,” he said. “I think the game didn’t deserve that. But it had become a little emerged, because the referee didn’t get a real feeling for the game.”
VfL coach Ralph Hasenhüttl emphasized that it was “not understandable” why the video assistant Reichel did not send it to the screen. “He didn’t do it. Why, I don’t understand,” said the coach.