Everything right! The judges did not influence the match, the commission said about Baník’s hit with Sparta
It was the beautiful design and ending of the Slovak representative that was the first of Berka’s moments to deal with. His assistant waved offside, and from the available shots without a calibrated offside line, it was impossible to tell if it was right. Berka thus had to confirm his verdict with his colleagues.
“If the offside situation is tight, then without an offside line we have to confirm the decision on the playing field. If we cannot prove whether or not it was an offside, it confirms the decision of the referee on the field, “said its chairman Radek Příhoda in the statement of the jury.
Shortly after the break, home fans stood up after the intervention of Sparta stopper Filip Panák on David Buchta. But the penalty did not whistle. “The judge decided for himself, it’s okay. It was not a penalty for us, “said Příhoda.
But the most talked about are real penalties. The first came in the 65th minute, when Juroška had a fault with Hanck. “I had a good view. The attacking player got in front of the defending player’s feet and tripped. I saw it well, “he explained his decision after the match in an interview for O2 TV Berka, who pointed to the same dot a moment later at Almási’s hand.
On the recommendation of a video assistant. “I saw that he extended the ball to his hand with his head, so I didn’t whistle. But then it was clear that the ball went straight to the hand, he was in an unnatural position, “Berka explained.
And finally the third and most discussed moment. In the 83rd minute, the goalkeeper Nito was caught by the ball, which was caught by Almási. In addition to Nita, his other Dočkal and Krejčí set out to block its ending, while the Slovak attacker fell over their legs.
The assistants believed that the main referee was whistling Krejčí’s failure. Not. “I ordered a penalty kick for tripping on the field and apparently I did not describe the situation with my friends in the video well. They advised me to go and look at the situation, in my opinion the attacking player was tripped by Mr. Dočkal. The tailor played the ball, but that didn’t affect the situation, “Ondřej Berka described his view on television.
Radek Příhoda speaks similarly. “He didn’t lie there before, it happened in a split second. He slides there, moreover, against Almasi. He jumped under his feet and there was contact. There was no big delay between Krejčí’s intervention and Almási’s contact with Dočkal, “he explained.
“This was not the case when the VAR should enter the situation. We are glad that referee Berka stood his ground and ordered a penalty kick, “Příhoda continued. “The referees did not affect the match,” the head of the commission finished.
