"This time VAR has insured the referee" - Miroslav Stupar on the canceled goal against Shakhtar

The 10th round of the Ukrainian championship opened yesterday with the match between Kolos and Shakhtar (0:1), in which there were two auto-goals: one - by Ilir Krasniqi - was counted, while the Pitmen's Efim Konoply was not.

Former FIFA referee and now authoritative expert Miroslav Stupar told whether the referee made a mistake in canceling the goal against Shakhtar.

"In extra time, after a flank pass, Yefim Konoplya cut the ball into his own net. However, the joy of the hosts was short-lived.

After a prompting from VAR referee Vitaly Romanov, referee Alexey Derevinsky reviewed the video of this game episode and canceled the goal-taking. He penalized with a yellow card Kolos player Diego Carioca, who brushed aside a Shakhtar player in the struggle for the ball at the initial stage of the attack.

This time the VAR system backed up the referee, which helped to correct the error. It is only surprising why Derevinsky did not immediately record a violation of the rules by Diego, because he was in a comfortable position. By the way, Kolos, although they lost, but made a very good impression," said Stupar.