UAF chief arbitration expert Nicola Rizzoli commented on the episode of the match of the 7th round of the Ukrainian championship Oleksandriya - Minaj.
Alexander Shandor"Alexandria" - "Minaj". The referee is Oleksandr Shandor.
90+7 mins.
On-field decision: end the game
Correctdecision: to continue the game.
Explanation/reasoning: The referee allowed a corner kick in the 90+7th minute, and since the ball was delivered to the middle of the penalty area, according to the UAF Referees Committee guidelines, the game should have continued until the ball was knocked out of the penalty area or field. In this case, the referee made a mistake and blew his whistle when the ball was still in the penalty area (perhaps he mistakenly believed that it had gone over the goal line), he should have allowed the action to end.
VAR: Unfortunately, VAR has no right to intervene once the referee has blown the whistle to end the game (outside of the VAR protocol).
