Lanois: “The yellow card for Kotarski is correct – In addition to the expulsion of Lovren, a foul and a yellow card should have been given to Rota”

New video for the episode AEK-PAOK in the Hellenic Cup was announced by Stéphane Lanois. The French referee has chosen three phases from the derby: Initially, therefore, he emphasizes that it was correct yellow card for Kotarski and the fact that he was not expelled, while AEK’s goal was also correctly disallowed with Hadjisafi.

For the third phase, he emphasizes that indeed Lovren should have been given a redbut the VAR had to see Rota’s marking on Samata and the referee gave the AEK player a yellow card and the match continued with a foul in favor of PAOK.

In detail:

On Kotarski’s penalty on Lamela: “When a player commits a foul (here the goalkeeper) against an opponent inside his own team’s area and denies the opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, the referee awards a penalty and the offender is penalized with a yellow card if his intention was to play the ball. We had this case here with the goalkeeper».

For the entrance of Hadjisafi to the area: “Before the execution of the penalty a teammate of the kicker enters the penalty area and then scores. VAR reviewed the incident and intervened to disallow the goal and restart the match with an indirect foul where the player entering the box touched the ball».

On Rota’s phase with Samata and the red to Lovren: “Here we have a case of a potential penalty with a red card for serious marking. The VAR checked the possible penalty, the holding that took place just outside the area and the serious marking. The VAR must call the referee to see the phase, show him the incidents he missed and restart the game with: 1. Red card for serious marking. 2. Foul in favor of the away team and yellow card for holding».