Masked fan unplugs VAR monitor, screen blank when referee reviews penalty call

A masked fan intervened with VAR by unplugging the monitor during a 2. Bundesliga match as the referee went to check the screen to review a penalty. Referee Felix Bickel approached the VAR screen at the end of the first half of Hertha Berlin's 2-1 win over Preussen Munster in Cologne. But when he reached it, the screen was blank, leaving Bickel unable to make a decision and leaving it in the hands of VAR official Katrin Rafalaski, who ruled that it was a penalty to Hertha. The Berlin side tucked away the penalty through Fabian Reese to take a 1-0 lead, before Jannis Heuer scored for the home side one minute into the second half. Marten Wrinkler broke Preussen hearts though, scoring three minutes into stoppage time to hand sixth-placed Hertha the win and all three points. Preussen released a statement which read: "A masked spectator from the active fan section illegally entered the p