Explanation of referees decisions (24th match day)

Thursday, 23 February 2023
Explanations from the Cyprus Referee Commitee, regarding to the Referees team decisions from the 24rh round of Cyprus Cyta Championship. 

The situations which are explained, are only situations in which  VAR correctly or incorrectly intervened or did not  intervened, or did not intervene, in relation to the referees decision, according to the VAR protocol. 

Karmiotissa – E.N. Paralimniou, 86th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR:  VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK / HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW : PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION:THE ATTACKER PLAYER  AND DEFENDER PLAYER TRY TO PLAY  THE BALL WHICH COMES FROM THE DISTANCE. DEFENDER AFTER MISSJUDGING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE BALL,LEAVES HIS ARM OUT OF THE BODY  IN WHICH THE BALL HITS, AFTER ATTACKER PLAYS THE BALL WITH HIS HEAD AND STOPS   FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE BALL  INTO THE PENALTY BOX. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DID NOT  SEE   THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED PLAY ON , INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION,  FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE  FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE AND INTERVENED ACCORDING TO THE VAR  PROTOCOL,CORRECTLY. THE  REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  HANDBALL OFFENCE:
-THE PLAYER TAKES A RISK  TO PUT    HIS  ARM  IN THE POSITION  TO BEING PENALISED IF THE HAND BEING HIT BY THE BALL
-HAND /ARM   OUT OF THE BODY
-BALL CLEARLY  HITS   THE  HAND 
Olympiakos - Omonoia, 69th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION:  PLAY ON
VAR : VAR  COMFIRMATION – NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER PLAYER KICK THE BALL IN THE DEFENDER`S  ARM , WHICH WAS IN NATURAL  POSITION, CLOSE TO THE BODY. REFEREE CLEARLY  SAW THE SITUATION AND  DECIDED TO PLAY ON, CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION FOUND A CLEAR ΕVIDENCE FOR  NO HANDBALL OFFENCE AND DID NOT INTERVENED CORECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO   VAR  INTERVENTION:
-ARM CLOSE TO THE BODY
ARM IN NATURAL POSITION 
-THE ARM DOES NOT MAKE A BODY BIGGER
Anorthosis - Pafos, 16th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK + YELLOW CARD  
VAR :VAR COMFIRMATION  - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 33 ( Pafos) TRIES  TO PLAY THE BALL , MISSES IT , AND IN THE RECLESS MANNER FOULS  THE PLAYER No 29 ( Anorthosis  ) WHO  PLAYED THE BALL BEFORE THE CONTACT. REFEREE SAW THE SITUATION CLEARLY, STOPPED THE GAME IMMEDIATELY AND AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD. VAR CHECKED THIS SITUATION BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE RED CARD, AND DID NOT INTERVENED CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL.
CONSIDERATION  FOR  NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-No excessive force
-No brutality
-No full  speed
-no full studs, sliding contact
-No consequences for the player No 29
Anorthosis - Pafos, 41st minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK  + YELLOW CARD 
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION – NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: ΤHE ATTACKER PLAYER SHOOT  ON OPPONENTS  GOAL. DEFENDER PLAYER  AT THE MOMENT OF THE SHOT KEEPS HIS  LEFT ARM CLEARLY OUT OF THE BODY IN UNNATURAL  POSITION, AND AFTER SHOOT  LOWERS HIS ARM TOWARDS HIS BODY CLOSING THE SPACE FOR THE BALL TO PASS. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION    CLEARLY SEE   THIS SITUATION AND AWARDED A PENALTY KICK AND YELLOW CARD ,CORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, AND CONFIRM THE  REFEREE  DECISION  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR  HANDBALL OFFENCE AND YELLOW CARD:
- ARM OUT OF THE BODY
-BALL CLEARLY  HITS   THE  ARM
-STOPPED  SHOT ON GOAL
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AEL - AEK, 3rd minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE 
VAR:  VAR CONFIRMATION
EXPLANATION: ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR  PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION  AND   AFTER GOAL SCORED   AR RAISED THE FLAG  AND REFEREE DECIDED  – OFFSIDE, CORRECTLY   VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING  TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER .  VAR  CONFIRMED REFEREE DECISION ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY.  


AEL - AEK, 40 minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL KICK
VAR:  VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW – PENALTY KICK
REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: ATTACKER  PLAYER GETS THE BALL   IN THE PENALTY BOX . DEFENDER  PLAYER FROM THE BEHIND KICKS  THE ATTACKER IN THE  LEG  ,WITHOUT  TOUCH THE BALL , AND  TRIPPING HIM . REFEREE  MISSED THIS SITUATION AND DECIDED GOAL KICK, INCORRECTLY. VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION  FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE AND  INTERVENED   ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER ON FIELD REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY
Aris - Nea Salamina, 5th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: OFFSIDE
VAR :  VAR INTERVENTION / VAR REVIEW/ ALLOWED THE  GOAL- ONSIDE
REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW :  ALLOWED  THE  GOAL
EXPLANATION : ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE FOLLOWED THE OFFSIDE VAR  PROCEDURE, DELAY THE FLAG IN THE VERY TIGHT SITUATION AND   AFTER GOAL SCORED   AR RAISED THE FLAG  AND REFEREE DECIDED  – OFFSIDE, INCORRECTLY
VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION, PERFORMED THE OFFSIDE LINE PROCEDURE CORRECTLY, AND USING  TRIANGULATION METHOD CORRECT SOLUTION OBTAINED BY SOFTER .  VAR INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL ,CORRECTLY. REFEREE AFTER VAR REVIEW CHANGED THE DECISION , CORRECTLY


APOEL - Doxa, 55th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: GOAL
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION  - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 88 ( Doksa)  SCORES A GOAL AND  REFEREE AWARDED THE GOAL. CORRECTLY VAR CAREFULLY CHECKED THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF  POSSIBLE HANDBALL FROM  THE  SCORER AND DID NOT FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE BALL TOUCHED THE HAND OF  SCORER. VAR DID NOT INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-BALL DID NOT TOUCH THE HAND ( NO CLEAR EVIDENCE ) 
APOEL - Doxa, 48th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON 
VAR: VAR COMFIRMATION  - NO VAR INTERVENTION
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 17 ( Doksa ) KICKS THE BALL OFF THE GOAL LINE . ASSISTANT REFEREE AND REFEREE DECIDED TO PLAY ON. VAR CAREFULLY CHECKED THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF  POSSIBLE  GOAL ( BALL IN / OUT  OF GOAL  ) AND  ON ALL AVAILABLE CAMERAS  DID NOT FOUND A CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE  WHOLE BALL  CROSSED THE GOAL LINE. VAR DID NOT INTERVENED  ACCORDING TO THE VAR PROTOCOL, CORRECTLY.
CONSIDERATION FOR NO VAR INTERVENTION:
-NO CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE  WHOLE BALL  CROSSED THE GOAL LINE.
APOEL - Doxa, 84th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK + YELLOW CARD
VAR: VAR NO INTERVENTION
CORRECT DECISION: RED CARD / VAR INTERVENTION – ON FIELD REVIEW
EXPLANATION: PLAYER No 31 ( Doksa ) IN CORRECT SLIDING START , CLEARLY PLAY THE BALL WITHOUT  ENDANGERING TO OPPONENT ,  NOT A MOMENT. PLAYER No 44 ( APOEL)  who clearly can see the opponent ,   without any chance to challenging the ball, jump and  clearly deliberately extended his  right leg and  stepped  on the opponent in the genital area , using excessive force with some  elements of brutality. REFEREE FROM HIS POSITION DECIDED TO PUNISH THIS OFFENCE WITH DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD, INCORRECTLY.VAR CHECKED THE SITUATION AND DID NOT INTERVENED, INCORRECTLY .
CONSIDERATION FOR VAR INTERVENTION:
-Violent conduct 
-Use excessive force
-Βrutality

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