The side were equally as incredulous on Wednesday when Eintracht Frankfurt were awarded a contentious penalty and the VAR was not even consulted despite protests from Cologne's players. There have also been some matches played without the VAR due to a system malfunction. Grindel is not alone, however, with Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball, who also heads the German football league (DFL) that oversees the top two divisions, saying the technology would help make more impartial calls. "VAR is about serving fairness and that was shown in several situations in the past match days," Rauball said this week. "The technology works but obviously all stakeholders -- players, referee teams and fans -- still have to get used to it.

Source: The Star September 21, 2017 09:22 UTC