Clarification of the Committee of Referees of the UAF regarding the interpretation of game episodes by the referees of the matches of the 9st round of the Vbet League-2023/2024

02.10.2023 11:24

The Committee of Referees of the Ukrainian Football Association explained the interpretation of game episodes of matches Round 9 of Vbet Ukrainian Cup Round of XNUMX Leagues-2023/2024 "Shakhtar" - "Vorskla" and "Minai" - "Obolon".

The chief refereeing expert of UAF, Nicola Rizzoli, commented on the refereeing episodes of the matches of the 9th round of the Vbet League-2023/2024 Shakhtar - Vorskla and Minai - Obolon.

"Shakhtar" - "Vorskla". The referee is Viktor Kopievskyi.

21 minutes.

Decisions on the field: penalty without a card.

The right decision: penalty without a card.

Explanation/reasoning: the referee correctly awards a penalty for the actions of defender No. 19 of FC Shakhtar against the opponent's attacker. In fact, a FC Shakhtar player is overtaken by an opponent playing the ball, while a defender gives him an apparent kick in the foot. Assigning a penalty without applying disciplinary sanctions is the right decision.

WHERE: VAR is properly limited to checking events. If the referee did not award a penalty, then VAR would have to step in by offering the referee an on-field review (OFP) to review the video and award a penalty.

"Mynai" — "Obolon". The referee is Oleksandr Afanasyev.

88 minutes.

Decisions on the field: no penalty, no card.

The right decision: penalty without a card.

Explanation/reasoning: although the referee is in a good position, he is wrong not to award a penalty for pushing player #17 of FC "Minay". Defender #19 of FC Obolon actually pushes the attacker in the back in an obvious way, which causes him to fall and prevents him from continuing his own actions. The referee should have awarded a penalty. In a situation like this, assistant referee #1, who was in an ideal position, should have helped the referee to make the right decision.

WHERE: unfortunately, there was no VAR in this match, but if there was, he would certainly have drawn the referee's attention to this episode and suggested that he watch the video for the purpose of awarding a penalty.