Johannes von Mandach awarded a penalty against GC in Lucerne. As the referee boss now admits, it was a mistake.Image: trapezoid
In the match between Lucerne – GC (2:0), VAR invented a handball and the on-field referee believed him and awarded a penalty. As those in charge now admit, the “video referee” system was a complete failure.
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GC defender Dirk Abels handball? Even if you watch the TV picture several times from different angles, you can't see it even with the best will in the world. However, just less than an hour later, Lucerne decided the game with a score of 2-0. Lucerne was lucky to be able to prevent the crisis with results. Bad luck for the Hoopers, who remain on a measly nine points and closer than ever to the sacking of head coach Marco Sullivan.
After the game, the result came in: referee Johannes von Mandach did not want to award a penalty after watching the TV images from the sidelines. So I still stick to my original decision of “keep playing”. But Volkertsville video referee Luca Sibelli asked Mandach via a radio message to take another look at FCL forward Kevin Spadanuda's block. He did so without seeing any clear handball from Dirk Abels.
However, Sibelli stuck to his guns and assured von Mandach that he had seen handball. What does von Mandach do? He trusted Sibelli and decided to take the penalty. So wrong. The young referee from Aargau felt distressed that he had received the wrong information from his colleagues in the VAR room. But he also had to accept accusations of making decisions that went against his beliefs, instead handing control of the decisive game to Volkertsville's video referee.
The action was decided via penalty kick.Bild: Screenshot blue
coin! What went wrong between VAR and the referee on Sunday? Why does VAR overturn the referee's decision? Did VAR and the referee decide too quickly? The next day, Daniel Wermelinger, head of the Supreme Referee Department, commented to CH Media:
“In this scenario, the referee relied on VAR's perception to call the penalty without a clear picture. The standard procedure for intervention is defined as follows: VAR recommends taking another look at the situation through an on-field review. Ultimately, it is the referee on the pitch who decides what action needs to be taken . The ideal situation would be for VAR to show the best video to the referee for review, which would provide clear evidence of handball. To sum up, we have to say: there was no evidence of handball in the situation, and therefore VAR's intervention was not appropriate. Correct. We are very dissatisfied with the process and outcome of the decision.”
The refereeing department made clear self-criticism: both the decision and the approach were wrong. Johannes von Mandach's candidness in explaining how the penalty whistle came about is refreshing, and he contributed greatly to this self-criticism and its subsequent treatment.
Daniel Wemmeringer admits there was a mistake.Picture: www.imago-images.de
Despite the complete failure of the “video referee” system: referee boss Wemmeringer believes his department is on the right track. A detective's search for past bad decisions has given way to restraint in the field of VAR:
“We are pleased with the performance shown so far. The video assistant referees remain patient and stay true to the reserved intervention lines. They only intervene when there is a clear error. Wrong decisions cost all parties involved – the fans , teams, officials and referees – were annoyed. Part of our standard process after each round was and still is to critically assess what happened and our culture of dealing with mistakes after the game. It starts immediately with on-site coaches, directors providing feedback in the stadium by evaluating TV and VOR images, and ends with weekly debriefing calls with active referees and coaches. It is important that the right lessons are learned and that we as a team deserve it. staff to provide support.”
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