Explanation of VAR situations from the 2nd Cyta Championship match day.
OTHELLOS – ANORTHOSIS 16th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK
VAR: FACTUAL DECISION - HANDBALL OCCURRED WITHIN THE PENALTY AREA
EXPLANATION: REFEREE’S INITIAL DECISION WAS DIRECT FREE KICK FOR HANDBALL. GOOD ASSESSMENT OF THE INFRINGMENT, SINCE IT WAS A PUNISHABLE HANDBALL. AFTER VAR REVIEW AND INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE REFEREE THAT A HANDBALL OCCURRED IN THE PENALTY AREA, REFEREE CORRECTLY CHANGED HIS DECISION – PENALTY KICK.
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AEL – AEZ, 28th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND RED CARD FOR DENYING OBVIOUS GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY
VAR: VAR CHECKED IF ALL THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN FULFILLED FOR DOGSO, 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 THE OPPONENTS. THE REFEREE AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND SHOWED A PLAYER A RED CARD FOR DENYING OBVIOUS GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY VAR CHECK WAS BASED ON: 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 ALL ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA HAVE BEEN FULFILLED ACCORIDNG TO THE LAWS OF THE GAME – LAW 12.
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΕΖ 28ο λεπτό
AEL – AEZ, 77th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: POSSIBLE HANDBALL
REFEREE AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: PENALTY KICK AWARDED
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER JUMPING MADE HIS BODY UNNATURALLY BIGGER OUSTRECHING HIS ARM, PUTTING IT OUT OF THE BODY. HE MADE A CONTACT WITH THE BALL, WHICH IA PUNISHABLE FOUL ACCORIDNG TO THE LAWS OF THE GAME – LAW 12.
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΕΖ 77ο λεπτό
NEA SALAMINA – APOLLON, 2nd minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: CHECKED THE POINT OF CONTACT HAND TO BALL
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKING PLAYER HEADED THE BALL INTO THE OPPONENT’S ARM WHICH WAS CLOSE TO THE BODY, IN A NATURAL POSITON. REFEREE MADE A CORRECT DECISION, WHICH WAS CHECKED AND CONFIRMED BY THE VAR, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CRITERIA ABOVE MENTIONED.
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NEA SALAMINA – APOLLON 32nd minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR CHECK – NOT A PENALTY KICK, CRITERIA USED, THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE SHOULDER NOT WITH THE ARM. REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: CANCELLED PENALTY KICK, RESTART THE GAME WITH A DROPPED BALL
EXPLANATION: A BALL HIT THE DEFENDER’S BODY AND SINCE THE DEFENDER’S ARM WAS OUTSTRECHED THE REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY KICK. IF IT WAS A CONTACT BALL – ARM IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY KICK. VAR MADE A GOOD ASSESSMENT THAT A CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE PLAYER’S SHOULDER WHICH IS NOT PUNISHABLE OFFENCE, SO VAR CORRECTLY INVITED THE REFEREE FOR AN OFR.
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ARIS – DOXA, minute 2nd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND YELLOW CARD
VAR :VAR CHECK – POSSIBLE RED CARD – SERIOUS FOUL PLAY, CRITERIA – HIGH POINT OF CONTACT, CONTACT WITH THE STUDS, SPEED, INTENSITY, ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF THE OPPONENT
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD FOR SERIOUS FOUL PLAY
EXPLANATION: REFEREE AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND SHOWED A PLAYER WHO COMMITTED A FOUL A YELLOW CARD. VAR CORRECTLY ASSESSED THE INCIDENT AND INVITED THE REFEREE FOR AN OFR SINCE THE PLAYER NGELCTED THE SAFETY OF THE OPPONENT AND COMMITTED A SERIOUS FOUL PLAY WHICH IS SANCTIONED WITH THE DIRECT RED CARD.
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΔΟΞΑ 2ο λεπτό
ARIS – DOXA, 82nd minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: VAR CHECKED AND CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY KICK AFTER THE BALL HAS BEEN DEFLECTED BY THE DEFENDER’S BODY TO HIS ARM, WHICH WAS BEHIND IN A NATURAL POSITION FOR THIS KIND OF ACTION. ACCORDING TO UEFA GUIDILINES FOR THE SEASON 23/24 THE BALL WHICH IS DEFLECTED FROM THE BODY OF THE PLAYER AND THEN MAKES A CONTACT WITH THE ARM IN A NATURAL POSITION CONSIDERING THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLAYER IS NOT A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE. VAR SHOULD HAVE INTERVENED AND INVITED THE REFEREE FOR AN OFR.
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΔΟΞΑ 82ο λεπτό
ARIS – DOXA, minute 76th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: DIRECT FREE KICK AND RED CARD FOR DENYING OBVIOUS GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY
VAR: VAR CHECKED IF ALL THE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN FULFILLED FOR DOGSO, 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 THE OPPONENTS. THE REFEREE AWARDED A DIRECT FREE KICK AND SHOWED A PLAYER A RED CARD FOR DENYING OBVIOUS GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY VAR CHECK WAS BASED ON: 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 ALL ABOVE MENTIONED CRITERIA HAVE BEEN FULFILLED ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE GAME – LAW 12.
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΔΟΞΑ, 76ο λεπτό
AEK – ETHNIKOS ACHNAS, 1st minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: POSSIBLE PENALTY KICK, CRITERIA - WHO PLAYED THE BALL, WHO INITIATED THE CONTACT
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: PENALTY KICK AND YELLOW CARD
EXPLANATION: AN ATTACKER IN THE OPPONENT’S PENALTY AREA MADE A CONTACT WITH THE BALL, THE DEFENDER MADE A LATE TACKLE, DIDN’T TOUCH THE BALL BUT HE TRIPPED THE OPPONENT. VAR MADE A GOOD ASSESSMENT OF THE INCIDENT AND CORRECTLY INVITED THE REFEREE FOR AN OFR TO REVIEW THE INCIDENT. CORRECT DECISION TO AWARD A PENALTY KICK AND ISSUE A YELLOW CARD.
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Explanation of VAR situations (2nd match day)
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
