Explanation of VAR situations from the 1st Cyta Championship match day.
PAFOS – KARMIOTISSA 32nd minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD FOR STOPPING A PROMISING ATTACK
VAR :VAR CHECK – POSSIBLE DENYING OF A GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY, AFTER CHECK HE CONFIRMED REFEREE'S DECISION
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER WAS IN A COUNTERATTACK WHEN HE WAS FOULED IN A CARELLES MANNER BY ONE OF OPPONENTS. THE REFEREE AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND SHOWED A PLAYER A YELLOW CARD FOR STOPPING A PROMISING ATTACK. VAR CHECKED A POSSIBLE DENYING OF A GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: DIRECTION OF THE ATTACKING PLAYER, POSITION AND LOCATION OF THE DEFENDING PLAYERS, DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FOULED PLAYER AND THE GOAL AND CONTROL OF THE BALL. VAR CORRECTLY CONFIRMED THE REFEREE'S DECISION SINCE THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL IS FAR, SO BOTH REFEREE AND VAR CORRECTLY APPPLIED THE LAWS OF THE GAME – LAW 12.
VIDEO PAFOS - KARMIOTISSA 12th minute
ANORTHOSIS – ETHNIKOS, 62nd minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – FACTUAL DECISION - GOAL
REFEREE AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: GOAL ALLOWED
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER PASSED A BALL TO HIS TEAM – MATE WHO WAS IN THE PENALTY AREA. THE ASSISTANT REFEREE ACCORDING THE PROCEDURE DELAYED THE FLAG AND AFTER THE GOAL HAS BEEN SCORED HE RAISED HIS FLAG. VAR CHECKED THE POSITION OF THE SECOND LAST DEFENDER AND THE ATTACKER WHO SCORED THE GOAL. AFTER CHECK IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE SCORER WAS NOT IN AN OFFISDE POSITION SO THE GOAL HAS BEEN CORRECLY ALLOWED.
VIDEO ANORTHOSIS - ETHNIKOS 62nd minute
ANORTHOSIS – ETHNIKOS, 65th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE
VAR: VAR INTERVENTION – FACTUAL DECISION - GOAL
REFEREE AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: GOAL ALLOWED
EXPLANATION: AFTER A SHOT ON GOAL, THE BALL HIT THE GOALPOST AND WENT BACK TO THE PENALTY AREA. THREE ATTACKERS WERE IN THE OPPONENT'S PENALTY AREA. TWO OF THEM WERE IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION, BUT NOT THE THIRD ONE WHO SCORED THE GOAL. SINCE THE GOAL SCORER WAS NOT IN AN OFFISDE POSITION AND HIS TEAM MATES DIDN'T MAKE ANY IMPACT ON OPPONENTS, VAR CORRECTLY INFORMED THE REFEREE THAT A GOAL IS VALID.
VIDEO ANORTHOSIS - ETHNIKOS 65th minute
DOXA – AEL 52nd minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR CHECK – NOT A PENALTY KICK, CRITERIA USED UNEXPECTED BALL, PURELY ACCIDENTLA TOUCH
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: CANCELLED PENALTY KICK, RESTART THE GAME WITH A DROPPED BALL
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER, IN A PENALTY AREA, PLAYED THE BALL WITH HIS BODY AND AFTER THAT THE BALL MADE A CONTACT FIRST WITH THE OPPONENT'S RIGHT ARM AND THEN WITH THE LEFT ONE. THE REFEREE'S DECISION WAS A PENALTY KICK SINCE HE CONSIDERED THAT A PLAYER MADE HIS BODY UNNATURALY BIGGER AND THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF THE LEFT ARM. IN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE, VARs ARE ADVISED NOT TO INTERVENE BECAUSE IN A DOUBTFOUL SITUATIONS THE REFEREE NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION ON THE FIELD OF PLAY AND VAR SHOULD INTERVENE ONLY IF A DECISION IS CLEARLY AND OBVIOULSY WRONG.
VIDEO DOXA - AEL 52nd minute
DOXA – AEL minute 83
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: VAR CHECK – POSSIBLE RED CARD – VIOLENT CONDUCT
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT
EXPLANATION: AFTER THE CORNER KICK HAS BEEN TAKEN, ONE ATTACKER USED HIS ELBOW WITH AN EXCESSIVE FORCE, HITTING AN OPPONENT IN HIS FACE. IT WAS NOT A CHALLENGE FOR THE BALL, SO VAR CORRECTLY ASSESSED IT AS A VIOLENT CONDUCT. DISCIPLINARY SANCTION FOR THIS KIND OF BRUTALITY IS RED CARD WHICH WAS CORRECTLY SHOWN AFTER AN OFR.
VIDEO DOXA - AEL 83rd minute
Explanation of VAR situations (1st match day)
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
