NEA SALAMINA –ENP minute 14rd
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON - GOAL
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: DEFENDING DIRECT FREE KICK
EXPLANATION:AN ATTACKER, PRIOR TO GOAL SCORED, HANDLED THE BALL AND PASSED IT TO HIS TEAM MATE WHO SCORED THE GOAL. THE VAR CORRECTLY RECOMMENDED AN OFR FOR ATTACKING HANDBALL. THE REFEREE, AFTER OFR, MADE A CORRECT DECISION.
OMONIA NICOSIA – OMONIA29 minute 45th +4
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: DIRECT FREE KICK – RED CARD FOR SERIOUS FOUL PLAY
EXPLANATION: A PLAYER COMMITTED A FOUL WITH THE STUDS, HIGH POINT OF CONTACT, HIGH INTENSITY AND SPEED, ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF HIS OPPONENT, SO ALL THE CRITERIA ARE MET FOR SERIOUS FOUL WHICH IS PUNISHED WITH THE RED CARD. GOOD AND CORRECT VAR INTERVENTION.
OMONIA NICOSIA – OMONIA 29 minute 67h
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION: PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFERE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: THE BALL WHICH WAS CROSSED INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA HIT DEFENDER’S ARM. THE REFERE SPOTTED THE INCIDENT AND AWARDED THE PENALTY KICK.
ETHNIKOS – KARMIOTISSA minute 77th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:PENALTY KICK
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION: DURING THE CHALLENGE BETWEEN TWO PLAYERS, ONE FROM EACH SIDE, A DEFENDER MADE A CLEAR MOVEMENT WITH HIS ARM AND TOUCHED THE BALL. THE PENALTY KICK WAS CORRECTLY AWARDED.
ETHNIKOS – KARMIOTISSA minute 90th +5
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:PLAY ON
VAR: RECOMMENDED AN OFR
REFEREE’S DECISION AFTER VAR INTERVENTION: DIRECT FREE KICK – RED CARD FOR SERIOUS FOUL PLAY
EXPLANATION:A PLAYER WITH A LEG HIGH IN THE AIR KICKED THE OPPONENT’S HEAD. THE REFEREE FAILED TO RECORGNIZE THIS, BUT THE VAR CORRECTLY INTERVENED AND THE REFEREE AFTER OFR MADE A CORRECT DECISION – RED CARD FOR SERIOUS FOUL PLAY.
ETHNIKOS – KARMIOTISSA minute 7th
REFEREE'S INITIAL DECISION:PLAY ON
VAR: CONFIRMED REFEREE’S DECISION
EXPLANATION:AN ATTACKER INSTEAD OF THE BALL HIT THE DEFENDER’S LEG. THE DEFENDER DIDN’T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN HIS MOVEMENT SO FOUL HAD NOT BEEN COMMITTED. EVEN IF THERE WAS A POSSIBLE FOUL, THE ATTACKER WAS IN AN OFFSIDE POSITION SO AN INDIRECT FREE KICK WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED.
