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.
Karmiotissa – E.N. Paralimniou, 86th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK / HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW : PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION:THE ATTACKER PLAYER AND DEFENDER PLAYER TRY TO PLAY THE BALL WHICH COMES FROM THE DISTANCE. DEFENDER AFTER MISSJUDGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BALL,LEAVES HIS ARM OUT OF THE BODY IN WHICH THE BALL HITS, AFTER ATTACKER PLAYS THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD AND STOPS FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE BALL INTO THE PENALTY BOX. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DID NOT SEE THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED PLAY ON , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL,CORRECTLY. THE REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE:
-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 OUT OF THE BODY
-BALL CLEARLY HITS THE HAND
Olympiakos - Omonoia, 69th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR : VAR COMFIRMATION – NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER PLAYER KICK THE BALL IN THE DEFENDER`S ARM , WHICH WAS IN NATURAL POSITION, CLOSE TO THE BODY. REFEREE CLEARLY SAW THE SITUATION AND DECIDED TO PLAY ON, CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR ΕVIDENCE FOR NO HANDBALL OFFENCE AND DID NOT INTERVENED CORECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-ARM CLOSE TO THE BODY
ARM IN NATURAL POSITION
-THE ARM DOES NOT MAKE A BODY BIGGER
Anorthosis - Pafos, 16th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK + YELLOW CARD
VAR :VAR COMFIRMATION - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 33 ( Pafos) TRIES TO PLAY THE BALL , MISSES IT , AND IN THE RECLESS MANNER FOULS THE PLAYER No 29 ( Anorthosis ) WHO PLAYED THE BALL BEFORE THE CONTACT. REFEREE SAW THE SITUATION CLEARLY, STOPPED THE GAME IMMEDIATELY AND AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD. 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 full speed
-no full studs, sliding contact
-No consequences for the player No 29
Anorthosis - Pafos, 41st minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK + YELLOW CARD
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION – NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: ΤHE ATTACKER PLAYER SHOOT ON OPPONENTS GOAL. DEFENDER PLAYER AT THE MOMENT OF THE SHOT KEEPS HIS LEFT ARM CLEARLY OUT OF THE BODY IN UNNATURAL POSITION, AND AFTER SHOOT LOWERS HIS ARM TOWARDS HIS BODY CLOSING THE SPACE FOR THE BALL TO PASS. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION CLEARLY SEE THIS SITUATION AND AWARDED A PENALTY KICK AND YELLOW CARD ,CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, AND CONFIRM THE REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE AND YELLOW CARD:
- ARM OUT OF THE BODY
-BALL CLEARLY HITS THE ARM
-STOPPED SHOT ON GOAL
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AEL - AEK, 3rd minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE
VAR: VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION AND AFTER GOAL SCORED AR RAISED THE FLAG AND REFEREE DECIDED – OFFSIDE, CORRECTLY VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER . VAR CONFIRMED REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY.
AEL - AEK, 40 minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL KICK
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER PLAYER GETS THE BALL IN THE PENALTY BOX . DEFENDER PLAYER FROM THE BEHIND KICKS THE ATTACKER IN THE LEG ,WITHOUT TOUCH THE BALL , AND TRIPPING HIM . REFEREE MISSED THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED GOAL KICK, INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY
Aris - Nea Salamina, 5th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE
VAR : VAR INTERVENTION / VAR REVIEW/ ALLOWED THE GOAL- ONSIDE
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW : ALLOWED THE GOAL
EXPLANATION : ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION AND AFTER GOAL SCORED AR RAISED THE FLAG AND REFEREE DECIDED – OFFSIDE, INCORRECTLY
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
APOEL - Doxa, 55th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 88 ( Doksa) SCORES A GOAL AND REFEREE AWARDED THE GOAL. CORRECTLY VAR CAREFULLY CHECKED THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE HANDBALL FROM THE SCORER AND DID NOT FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE BALL TOUCHED THE HAND OF SCORER. VAR DID NOT INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-BALL DID NOT TOUCH THE HAND ( NO CLEAR EVIDENCE )
APOEL - Doxa, 48th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 17 ( Doksa ) KICKS THE BALL OFF THE GOAL LINE . ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CAREFULLY CHECKED THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE GOAL ( BALL IN / OUT OF GOAL ) AND ON ALL AVAILABLE CAMERAS DID NOT FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE WHOLE BALL CROSSED THE GOAL LINE. VAR DID NOT INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-NO CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE WHOLE BALL CROSSED THE GOAL LINE.
APOEL - Doxa, 84th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK + YELLOW CARD
VAR: VAR NO INTERVENTION
CORRECT DECISION: RED CARD / VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 31 ( Doksa ) IN CORRECT SLIDING START , CLEARLY PLAY THE BALL WITHOUT ENDANGERING TO OPPONENT , NOT A MOMENT. PLAYER No 44 ( APOEL) who clearly can see the opponent , without any chance to challenging the ball, jump and clearly deliberately extended his right leg and stepped on the opponent in the genital area , using excessive force with some elements of brutality. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DECIDED TO PUNISH THIS OFFENCE WITH DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD, INCORRECTLY.VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENED, INCORRECTLY .
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
-Violent conduct
-Use excessive force
-Βrutality
