Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand lashed out at VAR after two decisive interventions in final night time’s controversial 2-0 defeat to Germany at Euro 2024 and insisted “this isn’t how soccer needs to be”.
The Danes have been incensed because the spherical of 16 recreation in Dortmund swung the hosts’ manner at first of the second half.
First Joachim Anderson had a aim disallowed when VAR dominated Thomas Delaney was fractionally offside. Two minutes later, VAR officers Stuart Attwell and David Coote suggested referee Michael Oliver to examine a possible handball by Anderson after the ball flicked his hand as he got here out to dam a cross from David Raum.
Anderson’s arm was outstretched but it surely appeared in a pure place.
Oliver gave the penalty and Kai Havertz scored to place Germany in entrance and the sport was settled when Jamal Musiala netted their second quarter-hour later.
Kai Havertz fires Germany into the lead from the spot 🔥
A whirlwind 5 minutes because the aim comes moments after Denmark have been denied the opener by VAR on the different finish 😬#Euro2024 | #GERDEN pic.twitter.com/LUhDADK8SX
— ITV Soccer (@itvfootball) June 29, 2024
Hjulmand stated: “”It was determined by two VAR selections.
“I’ve the picture right here [of the Delaney offside]. It was one centimetre. It doesn’t make sense, this isn’t how we’re alleged to be utilizing VAR.
“After which after a couple of minutes, it’s a penalty. I’m so uninterested in the ridiculous handball guidelines. We should always not require defender to be enjoying with fingers like this. He [Andersen] was operating usually, it’s a standard scenario and he was hit with the ball from a metre away.
“I hardly ever speak about these selections, but it surely was very decisive for this recreation. Being in entrance at 1-0 would have been essential and altered every part for our crew.
“Good luck for Germany, however in my view, this isn’t how soccer needs to be.”
Lack of readability over handball rule
Hjulmand stated the handball rule remained unclear regardless of makes an attempt from the sport’s lawmakers IFAB to clarify it.
“We’ve been taught in seminars so many instances to clarify the handball rule and we have now requested what’s a pure motion?” he added.
“After we are informed, this isn’t a pure place for handball as a result of the participant has to have his arms out to run. Simply inform me what the rule is.”
Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel echoed Hjulmand’s ideas, telling ITV: “I’m not certain what a participant is meant to do when he’s operating and the ball is whacked at his hand from a yard away.
“There was undoubtedly a way that the margins have been on their facet right now.
“Soccer and customary sense are two phrases that don’t go collectively any extra.”
