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Two VAR exams led to shots on goal in yesterday's UEFA Champions League match between FC Schalke 04 and Manchester City FC (2-3).
Both cases occurred over a period of approximately 10 minutes in which a technical problem experienced by the VAR technical provider affected the ability to provide replay images in the arbitration area of the VAR. field referees.
When such a system malfunction occurs, the IFAB protocol allows the VAR to describe to the umpire what can be seen on the television broadcast (s) but without telling him the decision to be made. The arbitrator then makes a final decision based on his own perception and the information received orally from the dealer.
With respect to the first decision, the inability to access reruns of the incident in the ball-edge control zone delayed the correct decision to award a penalty kick for a handball offense, while the VAR orally described the situation to the referee him to make a final decision, and that the referee then provide an explanation to the captains of both teams to clarify the circumstances regarding the examination area at the edge of the field and the decision-making process
The second decision was also correctly made on the basis of the law of play (Law 11 – offside) which states: "if a player in an offside position goes to the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is at fault before playing or attempting to play the ball, or defying an opponent for the ball, the foul is sanctioned as it occurred before the offside offense. "
The images on the photo above – taken exactly at the same time from two different angles – clearly show that a foul is committed inside the surface before the Schalke player can even attempt to play the balloon and, therefore, such an offense shall be punished with the award of a repair kick.
Roberto Rosetti, head of UEFA's chief arbitration, commented on these two decisions: "I am delighted to find that even if the referee did not have the opportunity to 39, examine the incidents on its own, the excellent cooperation of the team of officials allowed to make the right decisions.
"It should also be emphasized that, as described in the VAR protocol, precision is always more important in principle than speed in making a decision. It is clear that last night's technical issues have had a significant impact on the time needed to make decisions, but we are fully aware that reducing the time factor is the key to VAR's success and we are making every effort to ensure that the exams are as fast and efficient as possible. .
"However, what we ultimately want are correct decisions in such situations and that's what we had yesterday."
UEFA will also address the technical malfunction with its VAR technical provider to ensure that this problem will not be repeated in the future.
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