ANORTHOSI – APOEL minute 90th +2     

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

VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR

REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD

EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER CHALLENGED HIS OPPONENT WITH HIGH INTENSITY USING STUDS WITH HIGH POINT OF CONTACT. ALL CRITERIA ARE MET TO CONSIDER THIS TACKLE AS SERIOUS FOUL PLAY. GOOD ASSESSMENT BY THE VAR WHO CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED AN OFR.  

ANORTHOSI – APOEL minute 16th    

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION:A DEFENDER MADE A LIGHT ARM CONTACT WITH HIS OPPONENT. THE BALL WAS CROSSED HIGH, FAR FROM THESE PLAYERS, CONTACT WAS LIGHT AND SHORT, MADE BY THE SIDE NOT FROM BEHIND, SO THE REFEREE CORRECTLY LET THE GAME FLOW. CORRECT DECISION BY THE VAR NOT TO INTERVENE AS WELL.  

AEK – AEL minute 40th    

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON       

VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR

REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: PENALTY KICK 

EXPLANATION: THE BALL, CROSSED INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA, HIT DEFENDER’S ARM WHICH WAS IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION, THE PLAYER MADE HIMSELF UNNATURALY BIGGER. THE VAR CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED AN OFR. 

AEK - AEL minute 78th

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:GOAL ALLOWED  

VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR

REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER OFR: OFFSIDE OFFENCE – GOAL DISALLOWED

EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER WHO WAS IN AN OFFISDE POSITION INTERFERED WITH AN OPPONENT, PREVENTING HIM FROM PLAYING THE BALL AND CHALLENGED HIS OPPONENT FOR THE BALL AS WELL. ACCORDING TO LAWS OF THE GAME, LAW 11- OFFSIDE, THIS IS A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE AND IT WAS VERY WELL ASSESSED BY THE VAR AND THE REFEREE. 

NEA SALAMINA – ARIS minute 72nd

REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:GOAL  

VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION

EXPLANATION: AFTER A CORNER KICK TAKEN A GOAL WAS SCORED. IN REFEREE’S VIEW IT WAS A REGULAR GOAL – NO OFFENCE COMMITTED. IN SUCH INCIDENTS THE VAR SHOULD INTERVENE ONLY IF A CLEAR AND OBVIUS MISTAKE OCCURS.