Penalty in favor of… Panserraikou was seen by Lanois in OAKA – He should not have counted Chalov’s goal!

In the analysis of the contested phases (some, of course, of them) of the 5th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League, the Stéphane Lanoiswith the standard video of the French referee released on Tuesday afternoon (24/09). Compared to the previous ones, however, this is expected to be discussed more…

Lanois, then, has chosen five phases. The first comes from the showdown Athens Kallithea-AEK and it concerns a foul by Pereira. “In this case the VAR should check whether the foul occurred inside or outside the penalty area. The VAR checked different cameras and found the correct camera which allowed him to confirm that the contact was outside the penalty area».

And it continues with me two phases from OAKA and his confrontation Panathinaikos with Panserraikosthere where “discovers” a penalty for the “lions”! He mentions, specifically, that there is a penalty in favor of Panseraikos for Arao’s hand, which, however, was not seen by referee Evangelos, nor by Zabalas in VAR, but vindicates them both for Vagiannidis’ phase and the penalty, which was cancelled!

For Arao’s hand: “In this case, the defender’s arm is completely outside the body. The hand is placed horizontally. With this contact, the direction of the ball has changed, so we expect a penalty. The VAR was wrong not to recommend a review of the phase».

For Vagiannidis’ penalty: “In this case, the referee gave a penalty, thinking that the goalkeeper hit his opponent. VAR found a camera showing that the goalkeeper touched the ball before the attacker. A review of the penalty phase is recommended».

He also emphasized that the referee Tsagarakis in the Volos-PAOK match, wrongly awarded a penalty in favor of the home team in the first minutes, while underlining that he should not have counted Chalov’s goal.