Explanations from the Cyprus Referee Commitee, regarding to the Referees team decisions from the 22nd round of Cyprus Cyta Championship.
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 – DOXA , 48th 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 LONG DISTANCE. ATTACKER PLAYER AND DEFENDER PLAYER TRY TO PLAYED THE BALL BUT ATTACKER DID NOT TOUCH THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD AND THE BALL CLEARLY HITS THE DEFENDER HAND WHICH WAS OUT OF THE BODY IN UNATURAL POSITION. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DID NOT SEE CLEARLY THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND THE CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE 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 ARM IN THE POSITION TO BEING PENALISED IF THE HAND BEING HIT BY THE BALL
- HAND / ARM IN UNNATURAL POSITION
-BALL CLEARLY HITS THE HAND
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΔΟΞΑ, 48ο λεπτό
PAFOS – NEA SALAMINA, 5th 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 LONG DISTANCE. ATTACKER PLAYER AND DEFENDER PLAYER TRY TO PLAYED THE BALL. AFTER MISSJUDGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BALL , DEFENDER LEAVES HIS ARM IN UNNATURAL POSITION IN WHICH THE BALL HITS AND STOPS FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE BALL INTO THE PENALTY BOX. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DID NOT SEE CLEARLY THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND THE CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE 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 ARM IN THE POSITION TO BEING PENALISED IF THE HAND BEING HIT BY THE BALL
- HAND / ARM IN UNNATURAL POSITION
-BALL CLEARLY HITS THE HAND
VIDEO ΠΑΦΟΣ - ΝΕΑ ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ, 5ο λεπτό
PAFOS – NEA SALAMINA, 36th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR : NO INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: THE ATTACKER AND DEFENDER RUN SIDE BY SIDE IN A BATTLE TO REACH THE BALL IN THE PENALTY AREA. AFTER THE NORMAL FOOTBALL CONTACT , ATTACKER EASILY FALLS TO THE GROUND TRYING TO FORCE A PENALTY KICK . REFEREE DECIDED THAT IS NOT OFFENCE , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENE CORRECTLY, ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
VIDEO ΠΑΦΟΣ - ΝΕΑ ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ, 36ο λεπτό
AEL – AKRITAS, 89th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL KICK
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION /OFR – PENALTY KICK + YELLOW CARD
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK + YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: THE BALL WAS IN PLAY. ATTACKER PLAYED THE BALL AFTER WHICH THE DEFENDER CLEARLY KICKED HIM IN THE CALF IN A RECKLESS ΜAΝNER. REFEREE MISSED THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED A GOAL KICK. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND THE CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR THE PENALTY KICK AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER THE OFR, AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK AND GAVE A YELLOW CARD , CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
-RECKLESS OFFENCE IN THE PENALTY AREA
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΚΡΙΤΑΣ, 89ο λεπτό
AEL – AKRITAS, 95th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: NO INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: THE ATTACKER AND DEFENDER TRY TO GET THE BALL IN THE PENALTY AREA DEFENDER PLAYER CLEARLY REACHES THE BALL FIRST AND AFTER THAT THERE IS A CONTINUOUS VERY SLIGHT MARGINAL CONTACT WITH ATTACKER WHICH HE TRIES TO USE TO FORCE A PENALTY KICK. REFEREE FROM HIS GREAT POSITION CLEARLY SAW THE SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PLAY ON , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, AND DID NOT INTERVENE CORRECTLY, ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΚΡΙΤΑΣ, 95ο λεπτό
Explanation of referees decisions (22nd match day)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
