Mainz out of relegation zone after bizarre VAR ruling against Freiburg

Mainz VAR penalty

Mainz VAR penalty

But while the players were walking back down the tunnel towards the dressing room, the video assistant asked Winkmann to look at the penalty call again. The 2-0 win sees Mainz leapfrog Freiburg in the Bundesliga table on goal difference, climbing out of the relegation zone at the expense of their defeated opponents.

The penalty was given for a handball by Marc-Oliver Kempf that the VAR noticed after the halftime whistle had blown.

Both sets of players had already left the pitch for the interval when the technology flagged up a handball at the end of the first period, reports Guardian football journalist Andy Brassell on social media. The Mainz forward then picked out his teammate De Blasis who slotted home - luckily off the post.

Finally, in the seventh minute of added time, De Blasis converted the penalty.

Winkmann overturned the decision and awarded the hosts a penalty before having to recall the entire Freiburg side and the handful of Mainz players who had left the pitch.

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Many German fans have opposed the introduction of Monday games, saying matches should be played on the weekend when most supporters can attend.

There was a further 10-minute delay before the start of the second half as fans threw hundreds of toilet rolls onto the pitch in a protest against Monday evening matches.

In the second half, an error from Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow gifted Mainz a second goal when he passed the ball directly to Robin Quaison in the penalty area.

This is the latest VAR-related controversy in a long line of decisions involving the technology.

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