The VAR who awarded Paris Saint-Germain’s controversial added-time penalty towards Newcastle United within the Champions League has been faraway from responsibility by UEFA on a recreation on Wednesday night time.
Polish VAR Tomasz Kwiatkowski despatched referee Szymon Marciniak to the pitchside monitor within the 96th minute of Tuesday’s match after the ball struck the arm of Tino Livramento, which was judged to be making his physique larger and making a barrier.
Marciniak overturned his determination and gave the penalty to PSG, transformed by Kylian Mbappé to earn the house aspect a vital 1-1 draw which left qualification for the spherical of 16 within the French membership’s management.
They’re two of the highest-ranking officers within the recreation. Kwiatkowski was the VAR for final 12 months’s World Cup remaining between Argentina and France, with Marciniak the match referee.
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Kwiatkowski was attributable to act as VAR for Wednesday’s assembly between Actual Sociedad and FC Salzburg, however the position will now be taken on by German official Marco Fritz. It stays to be seen if Marciniak is not chosen for a recreation on Matchday 6.
It is a sign that UEFA believes the choice to advise the spot kick was a mistake by Kwiatkowski, which may have critical implications on Newcastle’s hopes of reaching the knockout rounds.
Within the 71st minute of the sport the ball hit the arm of Newcastle’s Lewis Miley in related circumstances, but the VAR did not intervene.
Nevertheless, though the ball deflected off the physique of Livramento earlier than it hit his arm this alone is not the consideration towards a penalty. Livramento’s arm place wasn’t prolonged away from his physique and was a consequence of his physique motion, so should not have been a handball offence.
In April, the UEFA Soccer Board, a group of former gamers and coaches which acts as an advisory physique, said that deflections off the body onto the arm should not be penalised. Nevertheless, this suggestion was not taken ahead as it will be towards IFAB pointers of the handball regulation as a blanket exemption.
If all deflections off the physique created an computerized exemption, gamers may get away with blocking crosses with their arms outstretched. Provided that a participant deliberate kicks or heads the ball and it strikes their outstretched arm is a handball offence robotically dominated out.
Handball is penalised much more strictly in UEFA competitors than in any home league. The frequency of handball penalties is greater than twice that seen in LaLiga, the league with the best quantity, and virtually 4 occasions that of the Premier League.
Champions League: 0.234 (46 in 197 video games)
LaLiga: 0.110 (57 in 518)
Bundesliga: 0.099 (41 in 414)
Serie A: 0.090 (46 in 510)
Ligue 1: 0.086 (34 in 494)
Premier League: 0.062 (31 in 500)
Statistic reveals the frequency of handball penalties per recreation for the reason that begin of final season.