Explanations from the Cyprus Referee Commitee, regarding to the Referees team decisions from the 25th 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. 

Omonoia – APOEL, 45th  minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL 
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW, CANSELED THE GOAL – FOUL IN APP
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: CANSELLED THE GOAL / DIRECT FREE KICK + YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: IN THE BUILD UP OF THE ATTACKING ACTIONS, ATTACKER No. 91 ( Apoel) , CLEARLY KICK THE DEFENDER“S No. 73 ( Omonoia) LEG IN THE RECLESS MANER  , TRIPING HIM , THUS PREVENTING HIM  TO CONTINUING HIS MOVEMENT AND PARTICIPATING IN THE DEFENSE OF HIS GOAL .   IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE ACTION, A TEAM MATE OF THE ATTACKER“S SCORED THE GOAL. REFEREE AWARDED THE GOAL. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FIND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR FOUL IN APP AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY.
ENP – Akritas, 17th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL  KICK
VAR: VAR  NO INTERVENTION
CORRECT DECISION: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK  + YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: THE  BALL WHICH  COMING FROM THE CORNER KICK IS TRIED TO BE PLAYED BY THE ATTACKER AND GOALKEEPER. THE ATTACKER GETS THE BALL FIRST AND PLAYS WITH THE HEAD. THE GOALKEEPER, WHO MISJUDGED THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BALL, IS LATE AND AFTER ATTACKER PLAYED  THE BALL , CLEARLY HITS HIM WITH HIS HAND IN THE HEAD. REFEREE MISSED THIS SITUATION AND AWARDED A GOAL KICK, INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENE, INCORRECTLY. 
CONSIDERATION FOR  VAR INTERVENTION:
-GOALKEEPER CLEAR HITS THE ATTACKER HEAD WITHOUT TOUCHING  THE BALL
-THE BALL WAS IN PLAY 
ENP – Akritas, 52nd  minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL 
VAR:  VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – OFFSIDE( INTEREFERING TO OPONNENT )   IN APP 
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: GOAL  
CORRECT DECISION : VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELED THE GOAL – OFFSIDE IN APP
EXPLANATION : IN THE BUILD UP OF THE ATTACKING ACTIONS, ATTACKER WHO WAS IN OFFSIDE POSITION, CLEARLY ATTEMPTING TO PLAY THE BALL  WHICH IS CLOSE AND THIS ACTIONS   IMPACT“S TO OPPONNENT. DEFENDER WHO IS DISTRACTED,  PLAYS THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD  AND THE BALL REACHES THE ATTACKING TEAM , WHICH SCORES A GOAL IN THE SAME ACTION. ASSISTANT REFEREE MISSED THIS SITUATION AND REFEREE AWARDED THE GOAL.
VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING  TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER, THAT THE ATTACKER IN OFFSIDE POSITION. ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL VAR INVITED THE REFEREE AN ON FIELD REVIEW TO DECIDED WHETHER  ATTACKER INTEREFERING TO OPPONNENT OR NOT, CORRECTLY . REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW DECIDED  THAT ATTACKER  NOT INTEREFERING( NO OFFSIDE )   AN OPPONNENT   AND AWARDED THE GOAL, INCORRECTLY.
ENP – Akritas, 77th  minute

REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR  INTERVENTION, ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELLED  PENALTY KICK – NO   HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: CANSELLED THE PENALTY
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER PLAYER SHOOTS ON GOAL. THE BALL HITS THE  DEFENDER“S  SHOULDER. REFEREE AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK,  INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FIND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR NO HANDBALL OFFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY
CONSIDERATION FOR   VAR  INTERVENTION:
- THE BALL HITS DEFENDERS SHOULDER