Bavarian Football Works
VAR is viewed somewhat controversially in Germany — where fans have lobbied to scrap it altogether, since the beginning. But a key moment in Bayern Munich’s DFB-Pokal Second Round victory over FC Köln higlighted what can happen when VAR is not in effect.
It was in the 36th minute, and RheinEnergieStadion was rocking. The home side had improbably punched their way to a 1-0 lead over the soaring Bavarians when Bayern suddenly strung together a beautiful attacking sequence of play. Early in build-up, Aleksandar Pavlović and Konrad Laimer swapped around in the right-back and midfield areas until Laimer got himself an open lane to jaunt down the full length of the pitch before eventually…
