R. Koeman: "Such VAR decisions are killing football"

2024-07-11 10:48 © AFP

The Dutch national team ended their performance in the European Football Championship on Wednesday.

In the semi-final match, the Dutch lost to the English with a score of 1:2 at the end of the match.

The Netherlands took the lead after the 7th minute goal by Xavi Simons, but in the 18th minute, after a VAR review, a penalty was awarded to the Dutch team, which was converted by Harry Kane.

This incident caused anger for the Dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman.

"That is not a penalty. Dumfries just wanted to block the shot. Kane took the shot, after which the legs of both players simply collided.

Such VAR decisions kill football. In England, no one would award such a penalty.

What should a defender do in such a situation? I think that the referee made many strange decisions in this match, but I don't want to say that we lost because of it," R. Koeman said.