Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland have launched an attack over criminal officiating in their 3-2 loss to FC Bayern Munich. According to Bellingham, he accused the referee Felix Zwayer of having fixed the game. While Haaland branded the referee arrogant and proud.

Dortmund players left infuriated by Felix Zwayer

On the day, the players of Borussia Dortmund were left astonished and angry of certain decisions made by the referee. However, a particular decision looked like the most annoying of them all. At some point, German defender Matt Hummels seemed to have handled the ball somewhere around the 18 yard box while the scores where level.

The decision of the referee

When the ball was handled, the referee spotted it as a penalty. However, the Dortmund players urged him to have a second look at it from the VAR screens. But Felix Zwayer was having none of that and just blew his whistle for a penalty. This led to the annoyance of a handful of Dortmund players including the likes of Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland. On his part, Polish striker Lewandowski along with all his Balon d’Or concerns made no mistake is slotting it home for a 3-2 victory over the Signal Iduna Park giants.

Final Thoughts

It is obvious that the referee on the night Felix Zwayer may have had a second look at the penalty decision. However, if the referee beli8ves there is no need for a relook, the his decision is final as well.If not being called by the VAR officials, then the choice to relook into a situation lies in the hands of the center referee.