Nijhuis furious about VAR incident: “They should be happy that the doors are still in”

Referee Bas Nijhuis did not have a good feeling about the match between Feyenoord and Heracles Almelo (2-1) on Wednesday. “They should be happy that the doors are still there.”




Nijhuis disallowed a goal from Luis Sinisterra in the initial phase, after he was called to the side by video referee Marc Nagtegaal. He asked the referee to assess a situation in which Feyenoord attacker Alireza Jahanbakhsh blocked Heracles defender Giacomo Quagliata.

Nijhuis watched the game several times and finally decided, with visible reluctance, to whistle for a foul. ,,We have agreed with each other that a referee will only step aside in case of obvious mistakes or moments, not in situations like this.”


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I should not have gone along with the judgment of the VAR

“Then you put the referee in a difficult situation,” Nijhuis, who said he was furious when he arrived in the locker room during halftime, told ESPN.

“They should be happy that the doors are still there. I shouldn’t have gone along with the VAR’s verdict. It is that Feyenoord still wins here with 2-1, otherwise you have made a decisive error as an arbitrator.”

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source https://pledgetimes.com/nijhuis-furious-about-var-incident-they-should-be-happy-that-the-doors-are-still-in/