{"id":36147,"date":"2026-03-09T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/36147\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:24:09","slug":"match-in-germany-disrupted-as-fan-unplugs-var-monitor-in-bizarre-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/36147\/","title":{"rendered":"Match in Germany disrupted as fan unplugs VAR monitor in bizarre scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Compromised: Preussen Munster vs Hertha Berlin (Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ccdda74ea77c6a08941af5607b5aaa7d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Compromised: Preussen Munster vs Hertha Berlin (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>A match was disrupted in Germany on Sunday after a fan wearing a mask unplugged a pitchside video assistant referee monitor.<\/p>\n<p>It happened during Preussen Munster\u2019s encounter with Hertha Berlin in the 2. Bundesliga in Koln, with referee Felix Bickel unable to review an alleged foul in the Preussen penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Bickel went over to the screen upon instruction from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/var\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:VAR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">VAR<\/a>, but was met with a blank display, and as such, left the VAR Katrin Rafalski as the sole decision-maker on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Rafalski indicated that there was enough for a penalty to be given for the visitors, and Fabian Reese tucked it away in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A masked spectator from the active fan section illegally entered the pitch and unplugged the technical equipment,&#8221; Preussen Munster said in a statement on their club website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Preussen Munster regrets the incident and will do everything in its power to identify and bring the perpetrator[s] to justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, immediate measures have been taken to prevent similar incidents in the future. Initial findings indicate that this was a planned action &#8211; a banner to that effect was displayed in the home section shortly after the technical malfunction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was later reported that a banner had been unveiled to read \u2018Pull the plug on VAR\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jannis Heuer levelled for the hosts just a minute into the second period, but it was another injury-time blow for Pruessen, as substitute Marten Winkler stepped off the bench to notch the winner in the 93rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>The win takes Hertha up to sixth in the 2. Bundesliga table and leaves Preussen 14th, although they are level on points with Greuther Furth, who occupy the relegation play-off place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compromised: Preussen Munster vs Hertha Berlin (Getty Images) A match was disrupted in Germany on Sunday after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,2355,4020,20941,190,7270,20944,20943,7925,20942,18218],"class_list":{"0":"post-36147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-bundesliga","10":"tag-fabian-reese","11":"tag-felix-bickel","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-hertha-berlin","14":"tag-jannis-heuer","15":"tag-katrin-rafalski","16":"tag-marten-winkler","17":"tag-penalty-area","18":"tag-preusen-munster"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116199677390342680","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}