It took till the final of the , however Bundesliga historical past was lastly made on Sunday night. Match official Dr. Robin Braun grew to become the primary Bundesliga referee to offer an within the ultimate fixture on the 2024/25 marketing campaign’s twentieth matchday. Braun communicated a choice through a PA-linked microphone in Sunday’s Leverkusen-Hoffenheim sport on the BayArena.
Within the twenty second minute, Hoffenheim’s Dennis Geiger deflected a go from Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka to Nathan Tella, who was introduced down by TSG defender David Jurasek. Braun initially pointed to the spot. VAR assistant Robert Schröder then radioed in from DFB headquarters in Köln. Tella was clearly offside when Xhaka handed. Geiger’s deflection – based on the rulebook – didn’t negate this.
After a two-minute overview, Braun turned on his microphone and mentioned:
“The penalty kick has been reviewed. The replay confirms that there was an offside place. Subsequently, the choice is: no penalty kick. Offside.”
The PA-microphone hyperlink functioned easily. Apparently, Braun is at present essentially the most inexperienced member of the German FA’s high flight refereeing pool. The junior member of the DFB officiating squad helped German soccer attain this milestone in simply his third Bundesliga match.
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