BVB vs. FC Bayern Munich: Matthäus criticism of referee Aytekin

Soccer record national player Lothar Matthäus (61) still cannot understand that referee Deniz Aytekin (44) on Saturday in the Bundesliga top game between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich (2: 2) BVB star Jude Bellingham in the first half has placed. The England international hit Bayern’s Alphonso Davies in the face with his foot, the Canadian suffered a contused skull and had to be substituted at half-time.

“A kick in the face should result in at least a yellow card. And I think that’s what it was from Bellingham to Davies. The foot had no business up there,” wrote the 1990 world champion captain in his Sky column “So see I the”.

Yellow would have been enough “to send Bellingham off the field. BVB would then have had to play with one man less against Bayern from the 40th minute. And that would probably have been decisive for the game,” said Matthäus.

The referee “did himself no favors” with his statements made after the game. Foul is foul, instinct and intention or not. Leroy Sane would also have had to leave the pitch, according to Matthäus: “I allow our top referee to make mistakes, that’s quite normal. He’s still the best. But I don’t see any room for discretion here, because the situations were clear.”