Jude Bellingham lashed out at referee Felix Zwayer on Saturday night. The Borussia Dortmund midfielder cannot agree at all with the decisive penalty kick that the arbiter gave to Bayern Munich (2-3) and brings up the leader’s past. “What else do you expect when you give Germany’s biggest match to someone who previously did match fixing?” Bellingham said in front of the camera. viaplay.
Bellingham is referring to a 2005 match-fixing case involving Zwayer. The latter took a bribe of 300 euros at the time to ensure that 2. Bundesliga club Wuppertaler SV would not lose as a linesman. Zwayer was banned for six months by the German Football Association. The suspension was initially kept secret, but came out years later thanks to the German newspaper Die Zeit.
BELTINGHAM: – You give a referee that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect? (@JanAageFjortoft) pic.twitter.com/H5yU9hz6PT
— Viaplay Fotball (@ViaplayFotball) December 4, 2021
The moment Bellingham was so angry about came in the 77th minute of the top match against Bayern. At a 2-2 score, Mats Hummels unfortunately got the ball against the arm in a header, after which Zwayer gave Bayern a penalty. “It wasn’t a penalty for me, you know,” Bellingham said. “He wasn’t even looking at the ball, he was fighting to get to it. The ball hit him, while he’s not even looking at the ball. But you know, you can look at a lot more decisions in the game. ”
Erling Braut Haaland also made himself heard afterwards. “I think the arbitration is a scandal,” said the Dortmund striker, who scored his team’s second goal. Haaland thought so BVB should have received a penalty himself because of a push by Lucas Hernández on Marco Reus. “I asked the referee why he didn’t go to the sidelines to see for himself. He said arrogantly: ‘That’s not necessary.’ No, I need to calm down now…”