Terrible decision and the ref most likely didn’t even look at this angle. Atalanta will get stomped by Bayern

by crocofour

41 Comments

  1. As soon as I saw blood I knew what was coming. Ref was shit but honestly so were we defensively.

    Personally I’ve never seen a game where 1 player actively fucks the entire game up.

  2. StonedAlcoholicDwarf on

    Bense’s foot is too far away from his body for a comfortable argument of lack of intentionality. 

  3. SecondForward5911 on

    I mean if this happened on other end of pitch wed be crying if it wasnt a pen no point arguing. Just wish Kobel cleared it for a throw but nothing we can do

  4. Helianthus_Eros on

    It was harsh but At the end of the day, it was a reckless challenge by Bensa who shouldn’t have been on the pitch at that point, Kobel should’ve cleared it and we put ourselves in this position. Can’t be mad at anyone but the team.

  5. It is a pen, it goes off the player first, the blame should be shifted on the dumbass manager and useless board who buy and renew shit players while weeding out all the talent.

  6. Why did it even make it to that min mark is my question? My service was spotty so it kept freezing all ET

  7. Regardless a team of Dortmunds stature and players should never let it come down to a last minute penalty getting them out. This should be a comfortable win. We got what we deserved.

  8. bakersreetman420 on

    stud to the face, didnt touch the ball first. was a penalty in all forms of football.

    more annoyed by the series of actions that led to this.

    bense had worse game than the one against Juve ffs

  9. I think the point is not the height but that he hits the head before the ball? aka: the striker is earlier on the ball

    but actually, I think that the rules are not sufficient to be clear in these types of “both players could avoided the collision” scenarios. seems always quite random what they decide there.

  10. Forsaken_Belt_7188 on

    Its not that, Atalanta’s player got to the ball first and Bense blocked. Basically the kick was “after” the play

  11. It’s an unfair decision in terms of football. They only show a still image of the scene, which of course makes it look like he’s kicking the striker, but when you’re trying to clear the ball to prevent a goal in that situation, you can go in like that.

    The ball was cleared well, and the striker basically jumps into his foot, which was neither too high nor directed at the opponent with any intent.

    It was a challenge and should have been a corner, and he could have blown the whistle immediately — but instead he gets a damn still image, a crappy shot out of many, making it look like it was serious foul play.

    It annoys me. Aside from the fact that Kobel just has to smash the ball into the stands and then we go through in extra time… why are there multiple angles everywhere, but sometimes only one in slow motion that completely distorts everything?

    Just like with the red card against Svensson. These are all such idiots ruining football. Atalanta deserved to go through based on the second leg, I would have accepted that — but not with this fucking VAR.
    It’s just an endless, frustrating load of shit.

  12. TopMixture5763 on

    Worüber diskutieren wir hier? Kobel muss den Ball klären, für solche Pässe bekommt in der Kreisliga einen drüber!
    Bensebaini trifft den Stürmer am Kopf, sorry, klar Elfmeter klare Karte.
    Diese Gurkentruppe hat einfach mal wieder versagt. Wenn wir so am Samstag spielen, bekommen wir von den Bayern eine richtig schöne Show.

  13. Bro this is a pen 90% of the time. Lets stop the whining about the ref, we were SHIT. I pray for better days in which we don’t have to watch the occasional Mainz like blunder a few times a season. I can’t understand whats wrong with this team. I mean let’s not forget about Atalanta, they were great and deserve it. You have to give credit where its due. BUT what the actual fuck is it in this team? We’re notorious for shit like this. I doesn’t matter which coach is on the sidelines, even under Klopp we had some games like this. 

  14. I don’t give a single FUCK about the ref. This is Cope. Idc. We played like shit. Lost after winning 2-0 on aggregate the first game at home. Kobel made a bad pass, and bense had to do what he had to do. BUT BENSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBBED WAY BEFORE. Even if the ref should ahve carded atalanta more, we still played bad end of story.

  15. FYI this angle still shows it as a high kick if you account for the distortion from perspective: draw a line along each of the two lines on the pitch. The actual perspective where Bens is standing is somewhere between those two lines. Then copy/paste those lines (to keep the angles) and drag them to the play. It’s definitely a high kick. I can’t upload the picture here but I put it on imgur: [https://imgur.com/a/55F9bwA](https://imgur.com/a/55F9bwA)

    That said, I don’t particularly blame Bens–it was an instinctive reaction to a play that was happening really fast. If Kobel doesn’t try to get cute this play never happens.

  16. Crumblebuttocks on

    It’s not a high boot offense. It would’ve been a foul as well if it was the opponent’s foot. Striker gets the first touch, bense is studs up and hits the ball and the player both. Yellow and pen is correct here.

  17. Tough-Wishbone9157 on

    Still a pen tho you cant just do a spinning back Kick without looking+Open Sole, hip height or not its a pen but ultimately its kobels fault

  18. I thought it wasn’t a pen until I saw the last angle. Hip height doesn’t come into play after the attacker wins the ball. Really unfortunate, and I thought the defender wins the ball first. Harsh way to lose.

  19. botpurgergonewrong on

    @OP: people can say any number of things. If the person in question is tall, then hip height is high. If the person is short, then hip heigh is shorter.

  20. Did anyone else notice that there was 3 min of added time and the Penalty Situation happend at 5:15 added time?! Like wtf, we passing the ball at the Center Circle and the ref does Not blow his whistle.
    I would say it was a 50/50 Situation but the blood really saved atalanta here. This Situation is happening at so much speed his he hell should besebaini now that there is a Player in his neck that touch this ball with his Head??!
    All in all, the First half was shit. The second half, was way better especially with the substitutions.

  21. Equal_Jury_892 on

    Es ging doch gar nicht darum, dass der Fuß zu hoch ist, sondern darum, dass der Fuß erst den Kopf und dann den Ball trifft – war ne brutal schwierige Entscheidung, denke aber, sie wurde diesmal korrekt entschieden.

  22. Honestly, no one in the BVB defense was even close to international level. Therefore, they absolutely deserved to lose against a more than average Italian team. Regarding Bensebaini: Kovac should have substituted him at halftime at the latest. Brandt should too.

  23. The thing is that… what you don’t see in the replay is that the Bergamo player touches the ball first bit of the forehead. That will be the problem with the matter.

    Unfortunately, this could be seen in a repetition of the VAR. And that’s what I say as a bvb fan

    But doesn’t change the fact that Kobel has to hit the ball away

  24. The referee’s decision was outrageous! He basically decided to eliminate Dortmund from the Champions League. The foot hit the ball first.