Belgian league: Van Damme's foul on Openda - not a penalty according to the referee and the VAR
twitter.com/jurgendeklerck/status/11203063320...Posted Apr 22, 2019, 4:53 PM UTC
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Ok the lad(Openda) wasn't getting to the ball but that foul is as blatant as it could get, what's the justification for this? Does Van Damme have nudes on the officials?
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Sheer incompetence, however with such consistency and frequency one could suspect malice.
https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/bd50gy/ridiculous_penalty_given_for_handball_genk_vs/
This penalty was given by the same VAR, which later turned out the referees didn't even know the proper rules.
Both of the assistant-VARs have been known to have posted anti-Club Brugge messages on social media in the past. The actual VAR was once under investigation for matchfixing in Anderlecht's advantage, Club's biggest rival.
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The actual VAR was once under investigation for matchfixing in Anderlecht's advantage, Club's biggest rival.
When was this? All I heard was Duchatelet yelling there was matchfixing in regards to games with Anderlecht, but not about an actual investigation.
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Zheyun Ye investigation.
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Ah, because with the way you phrased it, I read it as Anderlecht did it,.
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The refereeing is a joke in both belgian leagues 1A and 1B lol
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The match ended in a 0-0 draw, which means Club Brugge is now 6 points behind Racing Genk, who are in first. This decision could very well decide the title race.
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WTF
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Wait, the offender's name is actually van Damme? I thought it was a joke about the knock in reference to the belgian actor.
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Isn't that even a red? He has the ball, he assaulted the guy for free.
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Full view: https://streamable.com/7p2oz
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Fully looks at the player with no intention to play the ball. Can't imagine why this isn't a penalty.
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He's Van Damme though, there's special considerations due to his powers.