Explanation of VAR situations from the 7th Cyta Championship match day of play offs and 9th and 10th match day of play outs.

Karmiotissa – Doxa, 45th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK – FOUL  
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER  PLAYER  RECEIVES  THE BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX  .DEFENDER  WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKER ,  CLEARLY AND BLATANT   PULLS HIM BY THE SHIRT AND KNOCKS HIM TO THE GROUND .  REFEREE   MISSED THIS SITUATION AND AWARDED A PLAY ON  , INCORRECTLY.  VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  FOUND THE CLEAR EVIDENCE AND INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED DECISION, CORRECTLY 

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Karmiotissa – Doxa, 58th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER  PLAYER  RECEIVES   THE BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX   .DEFENDER  WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKER ,  CLEARLY    PULLS HIM BY THE SHIRT AND KNOCKS HIM TO THE GROUND .  REFEREE  AWARDED A PENALTY KICK CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  AND  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL  DID NOT INTERVENE ,CORRECTLY.

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Nea Salamina – Anorthosis, 81st minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  GOAL
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / VAR  REVIEW – CANSELLED A GOAL – OFFSIDE   
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW : INDIRECT FREE KICK – OFFSIDE
EXPLANATION:  AT THE MOMENT  THE BALL IS PLAYED BY A TEAM MATE , ATTACKER   WHO WAS OUTSIDE OF THE FIELD OF PLAY  (IN CONTINUITY  UNINTENTIONALY LEAVES THE FIELD OF PLAY  AFTER HE PLAYED THE BALL), RE – ENTERS IN THE FIELD AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN ACTIVE PLAY ( PLAYED  THE BALL) AFTER WHICH HIS TEAM MATE SCORED A GOAL. ASSISTANT REFEREE MISSED THIS CLEAR  OFFSIDE OFFENCE  OF ATTACKER AND REFEREE AWARDED A GOAL, INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL AND  RELATED WITH  LAWS OF THE GAME , CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR OFFSIDE OFFENCE :
THE ATTACKER WHO WAS OUT OF THE FIELD(CONSIDER TO BE POSITIONED ON THE GOAL LINE FOR THE PURPOSES OF OFFSIDE ) RE – ENTERS IN THE FIELD AND  BECOMES INVOLVE IN ACTIVE PLAY  BEFORE THE NEXT STOPPAGE OR THE DEFENDING TEAM HAS PLAYED THE BALL TOWARDS THE LINE OUTSIDE THE PENALTY BOX. ATTACKER  WAS IN OFFSIDE POSITION ( THERE ARE NO  LAST TWO OPPONENT   ON THE GOAL LINE )

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Oympiakos – Karmiotissa, 12th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR:  VAR CONFIRMATION -  NO  INTERVENTION
CORRECT DECISION:  VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELLED THE PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: AFTER  THE GOALKEEPER  MADE A SAVE, THE BALL BOUNCES TO THE EDGE OF THE GOAL AREA . ATTACKER AND GOALKEEPER TRIES TO REACH THE BALL THAT IS BETWEEN THEM. AFTER THE ATTACKER MINIMAL TOUCHES THE BALL WITH HIS LEG, THE ATTACKER AND GOALKEEPER COLLIDE AS A NORMAL CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR MOVEMENT. REFEREED AWARDED A PENALTY KICK, INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE  SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENE, INCORRECTLY.
CONIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
-NO OFFENCE ( COLLIDE , FOOTBALL UNDERSTANDING )
-GOAL KEEPER DID NOT MAKE ANY PUNISHABLE MOVEMENT

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Akritas – AEL, 85th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK -  GOAL KICK ( BALL OUT OF THE FIELD   IN APP )
VAR: VAR CONFIRMATION -  NO  INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: AFTER A CORNER KICK THE BALL LIVES FIELD OF PLAY ( IN THE AIR ), RETURNS TO THE FIELD OF PLAY AND ENTERIES THE PENALTY AREA.  ATTACKER PLAYS THE BALL WITH HEAD . THE  GOALKEEPER  WHO WAS  LATE AND BEHIND ATTACKER,  JUMPS AND WITH BOTH HANDS HITS  THE HEAD OF ATTACKER . ASSISTANT REFEREES FOLLOWS THE VAR PROCEDURE ( DELAY THE FLAG IN THE TIGHT IN / OUT SITUATION ) AND IMMEDIATELY INFORMS REFEREE THAT BALL WAS OUT. REFEREE WHISTLE THE PENALTY KICK BECAUSE GOALKEEPER OFFENCE ( FOUL). ASSISTANT REFEREE AFTER THE COMPLETED ACTION , RAISE THE FLAG AND REFEREE AWARDED A GOAL KICK,  RELATED TO THE VAR PROCEDURE AND PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE  SITUATION, DID NOT INTERVENE ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ( THERE IS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE BALL DID NOT LEAVE THE FIELD OF PLAY  ), AND CONFIRM THE DECISION OF THE ASSISTANT REFEREE, CORRECTLY. AFTER THE VAR INFORMATION , REFEREE  CONTINUES THE GAME WITH A GOAL KICK, CORRECTLY .

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Omonoia – Apollon, 15th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK – HANDBALL – OFFSIDE IN APP ( INTEREFERING TO OPPONENT)   
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW:  INDIRECT FREE KICK – OFFSIDE  
EXPLANATION: AT THE MOMENT WHEN THE OMONIA PLAYER TAKES A FREE KICK , HIS TEAM MATE NO 6 WAS IN OFFSIDE POSITION  AND INTERFERING TO OPPONENT NO 25 ( TOUCHED HIM FROM BEHIND  ) AFTER  THE BALL HITS  APOLLON PLAYER  ARM WHICH WAS IN UNNATURAL POSITION. ASSISTANT REEFEREE AND REFEREE MISSED THE BOTH INCIDENTS.
VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR PENALTY KICK ( HANDBALL OFFENCE ) BUT ALSO OFFSIDE OFFENCE IN APP ( POSSIBLE INTEREFERING ) AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW  MADE A CORRECT DECISION AND CONTINUED  THE GAME WITH INDIRECT FREE KICK BECAUSE OF OFFSIDE OFFENCE IN APP

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Doxa – ENP, 37th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – CANSELLED A PENALTY KICK – NO HANDBALL 
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW : CANSELLED A PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY KICK BECAUSE OF HANDBALL OFFENCE , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR VAR INTERVENTION AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL , CORRECTLY. CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION ( NO HANDBALL OFFENCE ) :
-The ball did not touch the hand  in any time

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