VAR may be introduced earlier in German Cup after controversy

Same topic, different country! It's not just in Brazil that VAR is a hot topic.

After controversies in the DFB Pokal , Schiri GmbH , the company responsible for referees at the German Football Association ( DFB ), has expressed support for the possibility of using VAR earlier in the German Cup.

Currently, the video referee system is only used from the round of 16 onwards , even in stadiums of clubs from the 1st and 2nd divisions of the Bundesliga .

During the second round matches of the competition, this Tuesday (28th), there were several controversial decisions made by the referees.

The clashes between Eintracht Frankfurt 1 x 1 Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim 0 x 1 Hamburg were marked by controversies.

In BVB’s qualification, on penalties, to the round of 16, the main complaint from Frankfurt was Dortmund’s equalizing goal, scored by Julian Brandt .

Before the play, Schwarzgelben striker Maximilian Beier was allegedly in an offside position, which was not called.

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In HSV’s qualification, the big controversy was the combination of a Heidenheim sending-off and the winning penalty, which many consider questionable, raising doubts about the fairness of the decision.

“The decision about which competitions and at which stages VAR is used is not up to us, but to the respective organizer. In this case, the DFB. We, as Schiri GmbH, act as service providers and would, in principle, be open to the idea if such a request were presented to us,” said Jochen Drees , Director of Innovation and Technology at the company, in an interview with RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) .

“In the first round, with many amateur clubs, the challenge would really be significant. But from the second round onwards, we could at least discuss the topic, especially regarding staffing and the necessary infrastructure,” Drees explained.

He added that it would be a matter of checking whether implementation would be feasible from a technical and logistical standpoint:

“If, after this assessment, all the conditions are met, we would not object and would certainly be ready to put it into practice.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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