Bas Nijhuis pointed to the spot on Sunday after Vitesse defender Eli Dasa gave a push to Jorrit Hendrix in his own penalty area. The penalty for PSV in injury time was still canceled due to interference from VAR Danny Makkelie, to the disbelief of coach Roger Schmidt, among others. Reinold Wiedemeijer, referee coordinator at the KNVB, found the penalty kick far too easy by Nijhuis.

“If you see that it is nothing and you still give a penalty kick, then it is a clear mistake”, Wiedemeijer brings up Nijhuis’s decision. This was the Weekend from FOX Sports. Analyst Kenneth Perez immediately asks the refereeing boss whether he thought it was a clear mistake by Nijhuis. “It is an easy penalty kick. But you see, and that is what it is all about, Bas immediately indicate the duel with his hands (between Dasa and Hendrix, ed.). He also communicates that to the player. who says that there is no pushing with those two hands. That is why Bas wanted to see the images again. And he has that right, just like any referee. “

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“Bas looks at the images and thinks that this does not fit in his way of leadership. He just saw it wrong”, says Wiedemeijer, who reinforces his opinion once again. “I think the penalty is given much too easily. You see such duels a lot that you bump into someone. But I also agree with other people who say: ‘we see that they are given’. And then you come back to a clear error. For Nijhuis it was a clear mistake after seeing the images. “

Perez then wants to know more about Wiedemeijer. “So you say because the two hands are not there that Nijhuis does not want to give a penalty. Suppose there was another offense, but he gives it for the two hands, is it not a penalty?” Wiedemeijer immediately comes up with a clear answer. “If Bas had gotten those two hands confirmed, he would have stayed with that penalty one hundred percent. Because that is a reason for Bas to give the penalty. He does not think that belongs in that game. But those hands are not there,” so Bas says it’s just a duel. He doesn’t want to give a penalty for that. “