Was Sparta’s penalty called correctly in Olomouc? The panel of judges decided
22 hours ago, 31/01/2023 09:17
eFootball
photo: AC Sparta Prague
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In the match between Olomouc and Sparta in the 41st minute after a fast break, Lukáš Haraslín fell over the home goalkeeper Jakub Trefil and referee Zelinka awarded a penalty for Prague. However, after the intervention of the video referee and a review of the situation on the monitor, he changed his verdict and assigned the Leten winger a yellow card for simulating.
Referee Miroslav Zelinka, after the intervention of the video referee, correctly canceled the penalty for Sparta in Olomouc (1:1) in Saturday’s opening game of the spring part of the first football league. He also assessed the situation from the second half well, because defender Lukáš Vraštil injured Tomáš Čvančara unintentionally. Even in other matches of the 17th round, the referees did not make mistakes. AGAINST communique he informed the referees’ commission about it.
In the 54th minute, Vraštil accidentally hit the head of the author of Čvančar’s opening goal on the ground. The under-21 international suffered a concussion and was briefly unconscious. An examination at the Olomouc hospital ruled out a more serious injury. Čvančara returned to Prague.
The commission of referees also dealt with two situations from Sunday’s duel between Slavia and Jablonec (5:1). In the 11th minute, VAR correctly intervened after assistant referee Ivo Nádvorník waved offside to the home team’s Václav Jureček. The video showed that the home player was not offside and his goal stood.
Jurečka was happy about the goal after another corner kick in the 27th minute. This time, however, the video referee correctly called off his shot for offside. “The offside position was proven using the goal area line. If the situation had occurred in another place on the playing field, where it would not be possible to use the lines, it would probably not be possible to evaluate it objectively,” said the chairman of the referees committee, Radek Příhoda.