Summary of the German Cup: The two Bundesliga teams are eye-catching, but the absence of VAR has become a key word

Qin Youxia, Special Correspondent of Sports Weekly All Media

After the second round of the German Cup, it was generally calm. 10 Bundesliga and 6 Bundesliga teams met up for the top 16.

The two Bundesliga teams that can be considered slight upsets are Wolfsburg and Augsburg. These two Bundesliga teams lost to the Bundesliga teams Kiel and Bochum at home, and they deserved to be eliminated. The scenes were very eye-catching.

Augsburg, who did not want to be a "gray mouse", hired Sandro Wagner, a very individual and "enterprising" coach. As a result, he paid the tuition fee and conceded 20 goals, the most in the Bundesliga. If Bochum had not missed many opportunities to kill the game, Augsburg would have lost more than one.

Wolfsburg hired the Dutch bald Simonis, who has no coaching experience in mainstream leagues. So far, he has no technical skills and is already a completely broken team. Manager Christianson's involvement in the Danish gang did not produce any results, and both teams are expected to be dismissed from work in the near future. Both teams are negative examples of whimsically selecting young coaches.

There was no VAR in the first two rounds of the German Cup, but VAR was the key word in this round. There were major mistakes in the three most focused games. Dias crossed a position and Bayern quickly equalized. Although Bayern was strong and won the game, it was a pity for Cologne, who was playing at home. Dortmund eliminated Frankfurt as a guest. If there was VAR, Bayer's offside would have invalidated Brandt's goal. Dortmund's final outcome is likely to be eliminated.

Stuttgart and Mainz played two games in the Bundesliga and German Cup within three days. Hoeness rotated 10 players in both games, toying with his opponents and double-killing Mainz. In the 2-0 away game in the German Cup, Ondaev was brought down by Olsen in the penalty area. The obvious penalty was not awarded. The latter should also have received a second yellow card and was sent off. Fortunately, it has little impact on the game situation.

As Cologne coach Kvasniok said, if you use navigation too much, you may gradually lose track of the road. Referees now rely heavily on VAR, and the decline in enforcement capabilities is obvious. Because there is a certain cost to using VAR, the German Cup only has VAR starting from the third round. But the problem is that low-level dark horses such as Bielefeld and Saarbrücken in recent years have to use VAR in the third round. Bayern Sports Director Eberl said that in this case, it would be better to start using it in the first round to ensure the fairness of the event.