FC Bayern Munich are appealing Luis Diaz’s yellow-card suspension, but Dietmar Hamann considers this unworthy
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FC Bayern Munich are appealing Luis Diaz’s yellow-card suspension, but Dietmar Hamann considers this unworthy.
Former FCB professional Dietmar Hamann has strongly criticised Bayern Munich’s decision to lodge an appeal against the resulting suspension following the controversial yellow-red card shown to forward Luis Diaz in the 1-1 draw at Leverkusen.
“That’s not worthy of a world-class club. To react like that after a match in which the referee did a good job,” grumbled TV pundit Hamann on Sunday evening on Sky90. What particularly bothers the 52-year-old is that Bayern are ignoring the fact that they themselves have benefited from controversial refereeing decisions in the recent past. For example, in the 5-1 win against TSG Hoffenheim in early February, when referee Tobias Stieler not only awarded a penalty to FCB but also showed a red card to TSG defender Kevin Akpoguma for a challenge on Diaz in the penalty area, effectively deciding the top-of-the-table clash prematurely rather than exercising discretion.
“Against Hoffenheim, that decided the match because it happened after ten minutes. They say nothing about that in their statement. And a world-class club lodges a protest against a yellow-red card where the player is trying to win a penalty,” Hamann continued to criticise. He cited the controversial red card shown to Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Rocco Reitz in FCB’s 4-1 victory in early March as a further example of Bayern being favoured, when Reitz’s challenge on FCB striker Nicolas Jackson was deemed a professional foul in a situation similar to that involving Hoffenheim’s Akpoguma.
