Controversial Refereeing Decisions in Czech Football Matches – KR FAČR Comments on VAR Interventions and Penalty Calls – March 11, 2024

11. 3. 2024

According to the Communication Manual approved before the 2023/2024 season, the KR FAČR comments on four situations selected by the media.

FC Viktoria Plzeň – AC Sparta Prague

• In the 52nd minute of the match, the referee awarded a yellow and then a red card to the player of the visiting team No. 37 for tripping the opponent from behind in the fight for the ball. From the point of view of awarding a personal penalty, it was a borderline situation, it was not a mistake of the referee.

FC Baník Ostrava – SK Sigma Olomouc

• In the 33rd minute of the match, the referee, based on an erroneous VAR intervention, ordered a penalty kick for the visiting team for a kick to the head. It was not a clear-cut situation, VAR should not have intervened.
• In the 78th minute of the match, based on an erroneous VAR intervention, the referee ordered a penalty kick for the home team for holding the opponent’s shirt. It was not a clear-cut situation, VAR should not have intervened.

FC Hradec Králové – FK Pardubice

• In the 38th minute of the match, the referee did not correctly award a penalty kick to the visiting team for handball. The player of the home team No. 14 played with his hand after an unexpected bounce of the ball from his own teammate. So it was not a foul, VAR did not intervene correctly.

Apart from the aforementioned situations, KR FAČR evaluated the performances of the referees in all the matches played from the past 24th round of F:L and 18th round of F:NL.

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