Following the first half against Germany, Dutch referee Alejandro Hernández Hernández came under fire from the Netherlands. Germany led 1-0 at the interval, with many blaming the Spanish referee.

In the 12th minute, Van Dijk thought he had put the Netherlands ahead with a header from a corner kick, but after a lengthy VAR review, the goal was disallowed. Brobbey was deemed to have interfered with goalkeeper ter Stegen in the penalty area, leading to the goal being ruled out.

Rafael van der Vaart thought it was absurd. "This is truly shameful, I simply don't understand it. It's unbelievable. He barely did anything. Of course, players have the right to make contact with each other—that doesn't mean the goalkeeper can do whatever he wants," he said angrily in an interview with NOS.

"This is just poor defending on his part, and he wasn't very good," van der Vaart continued. "Especially his footwork, which should be his strength. This goal should never have been disallowed. The referee allowed it initially, and VAR should not have intervened at all."

Ronald de Boer completely agreed with his colleague. "Exactly right. He felt ter Stegen's arm, just barely pulled his hip back slightly, and opened up his body a bit. But he made no aggressive movement whatsoever. This decision is completely indefensible."

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