Explanation of VAR situations from the 6th Cyta Championship match day.

AEK  – NEA SALAMINA 50th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR:  RECOMMENDED OFR FOR POSSIBLE HANDBALL OFFENCE
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: REFEREE KEPT HIS ORIGINAL DECISION, NOT PUNISHABLE HANDBALL OFFENCE
EXPLANATION: A PLAYER IN HIS OWN PENALTY AREA MADE A CLEAR HAND MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE BALL, HAND TO BALL CASE WHICH COULD BE AVOIDED, IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE BALL. VAR CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED TO THE REFEREE AN OFR BUT THE REFEREE USED WRONG CONSIDERATIONS, SINCE HE CONSIDERED THAT A PLAYER CONTROLLED THE BALL WITH HIS CHEST AND THAT A HANDBALL TOUCH WAS N0T DELIBERATE BUT IT WAS A NATURAL MOVEMEMENT OF THE BODY/ARM. CORRECT DECISION IS A PENALTY KICK FOR HANDBALL OFFENCE.  
VIDEO ΑΕΚ - ΝΕΑ ΣΑΛΑΜΙΝΑ, 50ο λεπτό

ARIS - APOLLON,  43rd minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: GOAL KICK
VAR: CHECKED IF THE BALL WAS IN PLAY  
EXPLANATION: THE ASSISTANT REFEREE INFORMED THE REFEREE THAT THE BALL LEFT THE FIELD OF PLAY AND THEN RAISED HIS FLAG. VAR CHECKED ALL AVAILABLE CAMERAS AND ON THE BASIS OF THE FOOTAGES HE COULD ONLY CONFIRM THE DECISION MADE ON THE FIELD OF PLAY.     
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ, 43ο λεπτό

ARIS – APOLLON, 78th minute
REF INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: POSSIBLE RED CARD FOR VIΟLENT CONDUCT
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT
EXPLANATION: VERY GOOD INTERPRETATION OF LAW 12 OF THE LAWS OF THE GAME: „ A PLAYER WHO, WHEN NOT CHALLENGING FOR THE BALL, DELIBERATELY STRIKES AN OPPONENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE HEAD OR FACE WITH THE HAND OR ARM, IS GUILTY OF VOLENT CONDUCT UNLESS THE FORCE USED WAS NEGLIGIBLE“. CORRECT OFR BY VAR AND CORRECT DECISION BY THE REFEREE AFTER AN OFR.
VIDEO ΑΡΗΣ - ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ, 78ο λεπτό

AEL – ANORTHOSIS  minute 22nd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDING PLAYER  SLIDING/CHALLENGING FOR THE BALL KEPT HIS ARM IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION. REFEREE AWARDED A PENALTY KICK FOR A HANDBALL OFFENCE AND VAR CONFIRMED HIS DECISION.
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΝΟΡΘΩΣΗ, 22ο λεπτό

AEL – ANORTHOSIS,  50th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: ATTACKING FOUL
VAR: RED CARD FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: RED CARD FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT
EXPLANATION: ACCORDING TO LAW 12, LAWS OF THE GAME, A PLAYER WHO DELIBERATELY STRIKES AN OPPONENT WITH THE HAND OR ARM ON THE HEAD IS GUILTY OF VIOLENT CONDUCT. CORRECT AND STRICT APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF THE GAME.
VIDEO ΑΕΛ - ΑΝΟΡΘΩΣΗ 50ο λεπτό

DOXA – OMONIA,  minute 90h
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: POSSIBLE PENALTY KICK
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: PENALTY KICK
EXPLANATION: A DEFENDER INSTEAD OF THE BALL KICKED AN OPPONENT AND MADE A CARELESS FOUL. SINCE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN HIS PENALTY AREA VAR CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED AN OFR.
VIDEO ΔΟΞΑ - ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, 90ο λεπτό

DOXA  – OMONIA,  minute 93th minute
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: INDIRECT FREE KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: GOOD AWARENESS OF REFEREE AND VAR AND CORRECT DECISION MADE. LAW 14 OF THE LAWS OF THE GAME:„IF, AFTER THE PK HAS BEEN TAKEN, THE KICKER TOUCHES THE BALL AGAIN BEFORE IT HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY ANOTHER PLAYER AN INDIRECT FREE KICK WILL BE AWARDED.“
VIDEO ΔΟΞΑ - ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, 93ο λεπτό

KARMIOTISSA – OTHELLOS, minute 71^st
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: POSSIBLE NOT HANDBALL CASE
REFEREE'S DECISION AFTER OFR: DROPPED BALL
ΕXPLANATION:AFTER A CORNER KICK HAS BEEN TAKEN THE BALL HIT ONE OF THE DEFENDING PLAYERS. ALTHOUGH HIS ARMS WERE NOT IN A NATURAL POSITION, THE BALL HIT HIS CHEST, SO VAR CORRECTLY INTERVENED AND RECOMMENDED TO THE REFEREE AN OFR IN ORDER TO CANCEL A PENALTY KICK. 
VIDEO ΚΑΡΜΙΩΤΙΣΣΑ - ΟΘΕΛΛΟΣ, 71ο λεπτό