Explanation of VAR situations from the 12th Cyta Championship match day of play outs.

Nea Salamina – Paralimni 17th 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  HAS  A  BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX. DEFENDER   DID NOT TOUCH THE BALL, CLEARLY KICK DEFENDER LEG AND TRIPING HIM. 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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Nea Salamina – Paralimni 27th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PENALTY KICK – HANDBALL OFFENCE
VAR :VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: THE BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX   CLEARLY  HITS   THE  ARM   OF THE DEFENDER PLAYER ,  WHICH WAS  OUT OF THE BODY IN UNNATURAL POSITION AND STOPPED HER . REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY KICK ,CORRECTLY VAR CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION  CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION FOR  HANDBALL OFFENCE:
ARM OUT OF THE BODY,  ARM  IN UNNATURAL POSITION, BALL CLEARLY  HITS   THE  ARM

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Nea Salamina – Paralimni 30th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK – HANDBALL OFFENCE
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW / CANSELLED A PENALTY KICK – NO HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: CANSELLED A  PENALTY KICK– NO HANDBALL
CORRECT DECISION: PENALTY KICK +  YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER SHOOT ON GOAL. DEFENDER   WHO WAS FRONT OF THE ATTACKER  TRY TO BLOCK THE SHOOT AND  WHILE TURNING HIS BODY   MADE A MOVEMENT WITH HIS ARMS .  THE BALL HITS IN THE ELBOW OF LEFT ARM  WHICH IN THAT MOMENT WAS OUT OF THE BODY . REFEREE FROM HIS GREAT POSITION AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK, CORRECTLY.  VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND INTERVENED, INCORECTLY. REFEREE AFTER A ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:  
- ball hits the elbow, movement of the arm ( elbow ), elbow in front of the body  

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Nea Salamina – Paralimni 60th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON – NO HANDBALL OFFENCE
VAR: VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION:  THE ATTACKER PLAYS THE BALL  IN THE PENALTY BOX  WHICH HITS   THE  ARM   OF THE DEFENDER PLAYER FROM  THE SHORT DISTANCE . ARM WAS IN NATURAL POSITION  WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL  MOVEMENT. REFEREE DECIDED TO PLAY ON  CORRECTLY VAR CONFIRMED THE REFEREE DECISION  CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION FOR  NO  HANDBALL OFFENCE:
ARM  CLOSE  TO THE BODY, ARM  IN NATURAL POSITION, NO ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT WITH ARM  

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Nea Salamina – Paralimni 65th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PLAY ON
VAR: NO INTERVENTION
CORRECT DECISION: VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW - PENALTY KICK + YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: DEFENDER WHO WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKER BLATANT  HOLDING HIM  WITH BOTH ARMS, PREVENT HIM TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THE BALL ,KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. REFEREE DECIDED TO PLAY ON.
VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENE , INCORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR HOLDING ( BOTH ARM ON THE PLAYER CHEST)
CLEAR IMPACT  ON DEFENDER ( PREVENT HIM TO BE ABLE TO PLAY )

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Nea Salamina – Paralimni 85th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR NO INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER KICK THE BALL FRONT OF HIM IN THE  PENALTY BOX AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE  FELT A DEFENSIVE PLAYERS HAND AN HIS SHOULDER , EASY FALLS EASILY ON  THE GROUND TRYING TO FORCE A PENALTY KICK. REFEREE DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENE ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO INTERVENTION:
SLIGHT CONTACT
NO CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR PULLING
ATTACKER USE THE CONTACT TO FORCE A PENALTY KICK 

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Akritas – Anorthosis, 43th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK +  YELLOW CARD
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – DIRECT FREE KICK + RED CARD ( SERIOUS FOUL PLAY )
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: DIRECT FREE KICK + RED CARD
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 20 ( Anorthosis) COMING FROM THE DISTANCE WITH AN OUTSTRECHED LEG,  COMPLETELY MISSED THE BALL , HITS THE PLAYER  ABOVE THE ANKLE   WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE AND BRUTALITY  AND MADE A ROTATION OF THE OPPONENT LEG. REFEREE AWARDED THE DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THIS SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR POSSIBLE RED CARD   AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO  THE VAR PROTOCOL , CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION  ( RED CARD – SERIOUS FOUL PLAY ):
 -excessive force
- brutality
-malice
-Point of the contact
 -endangers the safety of opponent

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Olympiakos – Doxa, 2nd minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK – HANDBALL OFFENCE
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW - NO HANDBALL OFFENCE
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW:  DROP BALL
EXPLANATION: REFEREE AWARDED DIRECT FREE KICK BECAUSE OF HANDBALL OFFENCE, OUT OF THE PENALTY BOX. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, FOUND THAT PLAYER WAS INSIDE THE PENALTY BOX  AND CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR NO HANDBALL OFFENCE. VAR  INVITED REFEREE FOR ON FIELD REVIEW  ACCORDING VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW , CHANGED THE  DECISION, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
- THE POTENTIAL HANDBALL OFFENCE WAS IN PENALTY BOX
 -ARM CLOSE TO THE BODY
-ARM IN NATURAL POSITION-
 NO HANDBALL OFFENCE

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Olympiakos – Doxa, 65th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL  
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – VAR REVIEW – CANSELLED THE GOAL / OFFSIDE
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW: CANSELLED THE GOAL – OFFSIDE
EXPLANATION: ASSISTANT REFEREE  MISSED THE TIGHT OFFSIDE POSITION OF THE ATTACKER IN THE BEGINING OF THE ATTACKING ACTION AFTER WHICH HIS TEAM SCORED A GOAL. REFEREE  AWARDED THE GOAL. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING  TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER –OFFSIDE. VAR INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY

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Olympiakos – Doxa, 90th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION / ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK / FOUL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER  PLAYED A BALL FIRST AND DEFENDER WHO WAS LATE , MISSED THE BALL AND CLEARLY STEPS ON FOOT   OF THE ATTACKER. REFEREE MISSED THIS INCIDENT. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR POSSIBLE PENALTY KICK  AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION, CORRECTLY.

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