The situations which are explained, are only situations in which VAR correctly or incorrectly intervened or did not intervened, or did not intervene, in relation to the referees decision, according to the VAR protocol.
Aris - Apollon, 19th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / VAR REVIEW/ CANSELLED THE GOAL- OFFSIDE
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW: CANSELLED THE GOAL /OFFSIDE
EXPLANATION: ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION DECIDED TO PLAY ON AND AWARDED THE GOAL. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER . VAR INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY
Aris - Apollon, 80th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER PLAYER GETS THE BALL FIRST AND HAD A CLEAR POSSESION OF THE BALL IN THE PENALTY BOX . DEFENDER PLAYER WITH A SLIDING START TRIED TO PLAY THE BALL BUT NOT TOUCHING THE BALL AND TRIPPING THE ATTACKER WITH HIS LEG ,BECAUSE OF WHICH THE ATTACKER FALLS. REFEREE FROM HIS VERY GOOD POSSITION AWARDED THE PENALTY KIICK , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ, 80ο λεπτό
APOEL – Akritas, 55th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION, ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK – HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: THE BALL COMES FROM THE CORNER KICK. ATTACKER PLAYER AND DEFENDER PLAYER TRYING TO PLAYED THE BALL. ATTACKER COMES FIRST TO THE BALL , PLAYS IT AND THE BALL CLEARLY HITS THE DEFENDER HAND WHICH WAS OUT OF THE BODY IN UNATURAL POSITION AND CLEARLY CHANGED THE DIRECTION. REFEREE DID NOT SEE THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND THE CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR HANDBALL OFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
-THE PLAYER TAKES A RISK TO PUT HIS HAND IN THE POSITION TO BEING PENALISED IF THE HAND BEING HIT BY THE BALL
-HAND / ARM OUT OF THE BODY MADE A BODY BIGGER
- HAND IN UNNATURAL POSITION
-BALL CLEARLY HITS THE HAND AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION
VIDEO ΑΠΟΕΛ - ΑΚΡΙΤΑΣ 55o λεπτό
Nea Salamina – Omonoia, 40th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: ADVANTAGE, PLAY ON
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 9 ( Nea Salamina) TRIED TO PLAYED THE BALL, MISSED, AND IN THE RECLESS MANER FOULED THE PLAYER No 42 ( Omonia ) WHICH PLAYED THE BALL BEFORE THE CONTACT. BALL COMES TO HIS TEAM MATE AND REFEREE ALLOWED THE ACTION CONTINUE CLEARLY SHOWING ADVANTAGE WITH HIS HAND. THE REFEREE FAILED TO PUNISH THE PLAYER No 9 ( Nea Salamina) WITH A YELLOW CARD IN THE FIRST STOPPAGE OF THE GAME. VAR CHECKED THIS SITUATION BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE RED CARD, AND DID NOT INTERVENED CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION :
-no excessive force
-no brutality
-no speed
-no full studs
VIDEO ΝΕΑ ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ - ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, 40ο λεπτό
