ANORTHOSI – OMONIA  minute 31st    

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD   

VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR FOR POSSIBLE RED CARD 

REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND RED CARD

EXPLANATION:REFEREE AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND SHOWED THE YELLOW CARD. SINCE IT WAS A SERIOUS FOUL PLAY, A PLAYER ENDANGERED THE SAFETY OF HIS OPPOENT, COMMITTING A FOUL WITH STUDS ON THE ANKLE OF THE OPPONENT, THE VAR CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED AN OFR. AFTER OFR THE PLAYER WAS CORRECTLY SENT OFF.  

ANORTHOSI – OMONIA minute 13th    

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK    

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION:A PLAYER COMMITTED A RECKLESS FOUL. HE DIDN’T SEE HIS OPPONENT, WHO CAME FROM BEHIND AND COMMITTED A FOUL CHALLENGING FOR THE BALL.THE REFEREE AWARDED A FOUL BUT HE NEEDED TO CAUTION THE PLAYER WHO MADE A FOUL. SINCE IT WAS A RECKLESS FOUL,PUNISHABLE WITH YELLOW CARD THE VAR COULDN’T INTERVENE.

APOEL – NEA SALAMINA minute 13th     

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: GOAL ALLOWED

VAR:INFORMED THE REFEREE TO DISALLOW THE GOAL SCORED WITH ARM – FACTUAL DECISION

REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER VAR INTERVENTION:  DIRECT FREE KICK

EXPLANATION:AFTER A SHOT ON GOAL ONE ATTACKING  PLAYER TOUCHED THE BALL WITH HIS ARM AND THE BALL ENDED IN THE GOAL. THE VAR CHECKED THE INCIDENT AND CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED TO THE REFEREE TO DISALLOW THE GOAL AND TO RESTART THE MATCH WITH DIRECT FREE KICK.

APOEL - NEA SALAMINA minute 80th

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION:CHALLENGE BETWEEN THE GOALKEEPER AND AN ATTACKING PLAYER. THE ATTACKER USED THE STUDS AND TACKLED THE GOALKEEPER IN THE HEAD. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE POINT OF CONTACT AND THE INTENSITY AND SPEED, THE ATTACKER SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OFF

AEL – PAFOS minute 25th

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON   

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION:VERY GOOD DECISION BY THE REFEREE AND BY THE VAR. AFTER A CROSS IN THE PENALTY AREA THE BALL HIT THE DEFENDER’S ARM WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE BODY, NO OFFENCE COMMTTED. THE REFEREE LET THE GAME FLOW AND THE VAR CORRECTLY CONFIRMED THIS DECISION.  

AEL-PAFOS minute 59th

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON 

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION 

EXPLANATION: AFTER A CROSS IN THE PENALTY AREA TWO PLAYERS, ONE FROM EACH TEAM, CHALLENGED FOR THE BALL. THE ATTACKING PLAYER WAS IN FRONT OF THE DEFENDER, BUT IT WAS A NORMAL FOOTBALL CONTACT, THE DEFENDER DIDN’T MAKE ANY ILLEGAL ACTION WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED.  

AEK- ETHNIKOS  minute 60th

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON 

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION:AFTER A FAST COUNTERATTACK A DEFENDER CHALLENGED HIS OPPONENT AND CLEARLY KICKED THE BALL IN FRONT OF THE ATTACKER. GOOD DECISION BY THE REFEREE TO LET THE GAME FLOW AS WELL AS BY THE VAR WHO CONFIRMED HIS DECISION.