AEZ – OMONOIA minute 12th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: ATTACKING HANDBALL
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: GOOD ASSESSMENT OF THE INCIDENT IN THE PENALTY AREA. AN ATTACKING PLAYER PLAYED THE BALL WITH HIS ARM. REFEREES ARE REMINDED THAT IN INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE THEY SHOULD STRICTLY APPLY THE VAR PROTOCOL AND DELAY THE WHISTLE UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE ACTION IS KNOWN.
AEL – ETHNIKOS minute 22nd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION:THE ATTACKING PLAYER PLAYED THE BALL AND THE GOALKEEPER MADE A LATE CHALLENGE FOR THE BALL, SINCE THE ATTACKER WAS FASTER. REFEREE WAS VERY WELL POSITIONED IN ORDER TO MAKE A CORRECT DECISION – PENALTY KICK.
AEL- ETHNIKOS minute 48th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A PLAYER MADE A RECKLESS FOUL CHALLENGING AN OPPONENT FOR THE BALL. THE POINT OF CONTACT WAS HIGH, WITH THE STUDS, BUT IT WAS A SLIDING TACKLE SO THE REFEREE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE GAME AND CAUTIONED THE PLAYER.
AEL –ETHNIKOS minute 72nd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: YELLOW CARD – RECKLESS FOUL
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD – SERIOUS FOUL PLAY
EXPLANATION: FOUL HAS BEEN MADE WITH MEDIUM INTENSITY, HIGH AND FULL POINT OF CONTACT, USING STUDS. CORRECT OFR RECOMMENDED BY THE VAR AND CORRECT FINAL DECISION MADE AFTER AN OFR.
APOEL – OTHELOS minute 55th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE – GOAL DISALLOWED
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD VAR ANALYSIS. THE GOAL WAS DISALLOWED, THEN THE VAR NEEDED TO FIND A MOMENT OF THE PASS, FIRST ONE WHEN TWO ATTACKING PLAYERS WERE NOT IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION AND THE NEXT ONE, WHEN THE BALL TOUCHED ATTACKING PLAYER SHOULDER – NEW ACTION, WHEN THE PLAYER WHO SCORED THE GOAL WAS IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION. SINCE THE ATTACKING PLAYERS DIDN’T HAVE TWO DEFENDNG PLAYERS IN FRONT OF THEM THE OFFSIDE LINE WAS CORRECTLY PUT ON THE BALL. VAR ANALYSIS PROCESS CORRECTLY APPLIED AND GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN REFEREE - VAR-REPLAY OPERATOR.
ARIS - ANORTHOSIS minute 72nd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: DIRECT FREE KICK (REFEREE’S ORIGINAL DECISION - SINCE THE GAME WAS STOPPED FOR A FOUL)
EXPLANATION: THE BALL HIT THE DEFENDER’S ARM FROM THE CLOSE DISTANCE,THE ARM WAS CLOSE TO THE BODY, NO ADDITIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE ARM, THE PLAYER EVEN TRIED TO AVOID A CONTACT WITH THE BALL, THERE WERE NO CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PENALTY KICK AND NO ELEMENTS FOR AN OFR. THE REFEREE MADE A GOOD ASSESSMENT ON THE FIELD OF PLAY AND ALSO AFTER OFR TO KEEP HIS ORIGINAL DECISION.
