Explanation of referees / VAR decisions from the Coca - Cola cup matches (quarter finals / first leg).

Olympiakos – Anorthosis, 42nd minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER AND DEFENDER PLAYERS TRY TO GET  TO THE  BALL  IN THE PENALTY AREA .ATTACKER   GETS THE BALL FIRST AND  DEFENDER  PLAYER  WHO  DID NOT TOUCH  THE BALL  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.
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Olympiakos – Anorthosis, 55th  minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION , ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELLED THE GOAL  – ATTACKING HANDBALL   IN APP
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: GOAL
EXPLANATION: DURING APP, THE BALL HIT IN THE ARM THE ATTACKER PLAYER  No 99 FROM BEHIND,  WHICH WAS IN NATURAL POSITION FOR THIS KIND OF PLAYER“S  MOVEMENT. IN CONTINUATION OF THE ACTION THE ATTACKERS TEAMMATE SCORES THE GOAL. REFEREE  AWARDED THE GOAL , CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, DETERMINED  THAT  THIS HANDBALL  IS PUNISHABLE   AND INTERVENED, INCORRECTLY.  REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW STAYED WITH HIS ORIGINAL DECISION, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  NO HANDBALL OFFENCE:
-NATURAL POSITION OF THE ARM FOR THIS KIND OF PLAYER“S MOVEMENT
- NO ADDITIONAL  ARMS  MOVEMENT  THE BALL TOWARDS THE ARM
-PLAYER NOT ABBLE TO AVOID THE BALL
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Olympiakos – Anorthosis, 78th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: THE DEFENDER PLAYER  CONTROLS THE BALL THAT IS FRONT OF HIM IN THE PENALTY AREA . THE ATTACKER PLAYER  RUNNING BEHIND THE DEFENDER  PLAYER TRIES TO GET TO THE BALL,DURING WHICH HE COMES INTO CONTACT   WITH HIS HAND IN THE BACK OF THE  DEFENDER. AFTER THAT , DURING  THE NORMAL PROTECT OF SPACE , THERE IS LIGHT CONTACT BETWEEN THE ARM AND THE FACE OF THE ATTACKER WHO THEATRICALLY FALLS TO THE GROUND. REFEREE  DECIDED TO PLAY ON, CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  AND CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION  :
-NO ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARM
-NORMAL CONTACT , WITHOUT USING FORCE
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DOXA - PAFOS 77th miinute

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   AND CLEARY HITS THE DEFENDER ARM  WHICH  WAS   OUT OF THE BODY IN UNATURAL POSITION.  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. AFTER THE FIRST EXUCUTION OF THE PENALTY KICK , VAR CHECKED THE PENALTY KICK PROCEDURE AND DETERMINED THAT THEPLAYERS OF THE BOTH TEAM MADE A ENCROACMENT  AND  INVOLVED IN ACTIVE PLAY. VAR ACCORDANCE WITH THE VAR PROTOCOL INTERVENED TO PENALTY RETAKEN, 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 ARM
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OMONOIA – APOEL, 58th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW  CANSELED THE  GOAL- OFFSIDE – INTERFRING TO OPPONENT
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW: CANSELLED THE  GOAL /OFFSIDE
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER  No.2 WAS IN OFFSIDE POSITION  VERY  CLOSE TO THE OPPONENT, JUMP  AND  CHALLENGING  FOR THE BALL   DEFENDER PLAYER  No 6  WHO  HADING THE BALL WHICH COMES TO THE ATTACKER PLAYER  No 70  AND HE SCORES THE GOAL. ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR  PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG AND  DECIDED TO PLAY ON  AND  AWARDED THE GOAL. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION,  PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY,  DETERMINED THE  ATTACKER PLAYER No 2 WHO WAS IN OFFSIDE POSITION CLEARLY INTEREFERING  TO OPONNENT No. 6 AND INVITED  THE REFEREE FOR ON FIELD REVIEW, CORRECTLY
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION :
-ATTACKER IS IN OFFSIDE POSITION
-ATTACKER PLAYER  VERY CLOSE TO THE DEFENDER  PLAYER ,CHALLENGING HIM FOR THE BALL ( INTERFERING )
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AEL - NEA SALAMINA, 78th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PENALTY KICK
VAR: NO VAR INTERVENTION, COMFIRM THE DECISION
CORRECT DECISION: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELED THE PENALTY / NO HANDBALL OFFENCE
EXPLANATION:  THE DEFENDER PLAYER  SHOOTS THE BALL THAT  BOUNCES OFF THE ATTACKER PLAYER  AT A SHORT DISTANCE AND HITS HIM IN THE ARM WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE BODY AND IN NATURAL POSITION FOR  THIS MOVEMENT OF PLAYER“S BODY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  VAR  INTERVENTION:
-UNEXPECTED BALL FROM SHORT DISTANCE
-NATURAL POSITION FROM THIS MOVEMENT OF PLAYERS BODY
-ARM CLOSE TO THE BODY
-PLAYER NOT ABLE TO AVOID THE BALL
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