West Ham followers slam ‘f***ing joke’ as ref despatched to watch however refuses to provide pen
West Ham followers are up in arms after being denied a late penalty towards Freiburg.
The Hammers misplaced 1-0 to their Bundesliga opponents and now have all of it to do to succeed in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. But issues may have been totally different if a last-minute penalty shout had gone their means.
In the fourth minute of added-on time, Tomas Soucek’s bold try and lob the ball again in direction of Freiburg’s aim struck the outstretched arm of Noah Weißhaupt within the field. Nothing was given initially, however VAR rapidly intervened and reviewed the incident.
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After a staggering five-minute wait the referee was known as over to the monitor, however Hammers followers on social media could not imagine it when he dominated that it wasn’t a penalty – going towards the long-held expectation that referees change their on-field resolution after going to the monitor.
“Only West Ham may have a penalty not awarded after the ref will get despatched to the pitch facet monitor,” one wrote. Another moaned: “Five mins to make a decision that the VAR said was a penalty. For the ref to still say no. If you could sum up West Ham United this would be it. F***ing joke.”
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A 3rd raged: “For years I’ve wanted a ref to have the balls to not listen to a VAR recommendation and to stick to their original decision. The one time it happens and it’s when the ref made a f*** up and got the original decision completely wrong. The West Ham Way.”
The English membership have been downed by an 81st minute Michael Gregoritsch strike, and in reality, have been second finest for a lot of the night. They’ll now must beat Freiburg on the London Stadium to face any probability of progressing.
After the sport, Hammers captain Kurt Zouma stated Freiburg have been “lucky” to attain the aim they scored, however advised he did not need to make any excuses for the defeat. “They got a bit lucky on this one, but it is what it is. We move on for next week,” the Frenchman stated.
He additionally refused to criticise the referee over the late penalty controversy, although admitted he’d have appreciated it if the choice had been made faster. “The decision took a bit of time… but the game is over, I don’t want to go back to the incident.”
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The defeat is West Ham’s third in six matches, and failure to succeed in the latter phases of the Europa League may spell the tip for supervisor David Moyes, who has been tipped for an exit for some weeks now amid a run of topsy-turvy type and rising concern over the standard of performances throughout the fanbase.
