The chief expert on refereeing of UAF Nicolo Rizzoli commented on one of the episodes of the match of the 5th round of the Ukrainian championship between the capital’s “Obolon” and “Dynamo” (2:2).
Nicolo RizzoliIt’s about the attack of the “brewers” in the third compensated minute of the second half, which was stopped by the chief referee of the meeting Denis Shurman due to a foul.
“The referee sees a foul by the “Dynamo” forward No. 9, who, jumping to fight for the ball, arrives clearly late, extending his right arm. Initially, the referee seems to be trying to apply advantage, but then stops the game, believing that the defender made contact with the head just a moment before the “Obolon” forward received the ball in a potentially promising attack.
Although advantages are applied extremely rarely in this area of the field, in this case, the referee didn’t wait, didn’t hold on a little longer to assess the importance of the further development of events, allowing the game to continue and granting an advantage to the team that originally committed the foul. The situation is outside the protocol of the video assistant referee,” Rizzoli said in a broadcast on UAF’s YouTube channel as part of his analysis of referee decisions in the matches of the 3rd round of the Ukrainian championship.
