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Dortmund's Jew Bellingham complains to the assistant referee.
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Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham complained about referee Felix Zwayer after the defeat in the top Bundesliga game against FC Bayern.
"You give a referee who has already manipulated a game the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?" Said the player in an interview with the Norwegian broadcaster Viaplay.
Bellingham was alluding to the 2005 betting scandal.
Zwayer was one of several referees who incriminated former referee Robert Hoyzer.
However, in the course of the affair, Zwayer was also banned for six months because he did not report Hoyzer's match-fixing and is said to have accepted bribes himself before a game between Wuppertaler SV and Werder Bremen's amateurs.
The trigger for Jude Bellingham's angry speech after the game against Bayern was mainly a controversial penalty after an alleged handball by Mats Hummels.
"He doesn't even look at the ball," Bellingham said.
"It wasn't a penalty for me."
Coach Marco Rose, who had been sent off by the referee after repeated complaints on the sideline with yellow and red, was outraged after the final whistle.
“Mr Zwayer can whistle to BVB a few more times, we're here and we're preparing for everything that's coming.
He's welcome to throw a few sticks and stones in our way, ”he said on Sky TV.
In the game there were two controversial penalty area situations that were discussed after the game.
In one of these, Dortmund's Marco Reus was apparently struck by a push from Bayern's Hernandez.
Referee Zwayer did not award a penalty, nor did he check the situation with the help of the video referee.
Zwayer later justified the decision as follows: »We all (...) always demand a robust duel.
We're supposed to run the games.
Even at high speeds, contact can take place in the upper body area «.
The situation was "not black and not white".
"I made a conscious decision against a penalty because of my generous line."
The second situation, the alleged handball by Mats Hummels, however, Zwayer checked on the screen and finally decided on the game-winning penalty.
Zwayer later called the scene in the Sky interview "undisputed".
Hummels had cleared the ball "clearly with his elbow, that is to be assessed as a penalty," said Zwayer.
Robert Lewandowski converted the penalty to the decisive 3: 2 (2: 1) final score for Bayern.
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