Video - cancellation of the penalty and expel Courtois .. Is the right of the referee to reverse his decision?

Nasser Sadiq *

Portuguese referee Artur Diaz's decision to award a penalty and the expulsion of Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois at the end of the first half of his side's Champions League game with Paris St Germain has sparked controversy on social media.

Many of the pioneers of the sites rejected the video assistant referee's decision, which referred to the referee's cancellation of the penalty and the penalty in the conviction that the clear obstruction from Courtois to Argentine rival Mauro Icardi prevented a goal.

In fact, the obstruction is already clear and if there is no mistake before it, a penalty should be awarded because Icardi, after playing the ball for himself, was blocked by Courtois in his penalty area, but the expulsion decision was inaccurate. Why?

The expulsion was wrong because Courtois's intervention was not violent and in the case there are no conditions for the opportunity to score a goal of the striker's full control of the ball and the number of defenders and the distance and direction from the goal, and even if there is an amendment to the law of the ball three years ago to abolish the double penalty by a penalty In cases of opportunity where there is a competition for the ball, the penalty is calculated with the mitigation of the package to the warning only.

Al-Far based the decision to cancel the penalty and the red card on the existence of a violation at the beginning of the attack in the middle of the stadium, in favor of Real Madrid, where he paid PSG player Idrisa Gay Brazilian defender Marcelo from the back, and the picture shows the existence of the violation already, but poses another question: Is it true that the referee His decision to offense committed at the beginning of the attack?

Yes, the football law stipulates that the referee may revoke his technical or administrative decision, or both, if he finds a mistake before him through one of his assistants, the fourth referee or the referee, provided that he has not resumed playing.

Here comes another question: why did the mouse not tell the referee of the offense for which he canceled his decision as soon as it happened? Why wait until the penalty is awarded and expelled a player?

The answer is that the violation of the midfield is not the prerogative of the rule of the mouse, which defined Article 5 of the law only 4 cases in which the referees can intervene in the video, namely: crossing the ball line or not, or infiltration in the case of doubtful goals, and dismissal and warning to the player who The referee warns him or expels him by mistake instead of his teammate, and questionable penalties that have been calculated or that have not been calculated.

If the attack did not result in a penalty or a goal, the mouse would not have referred to the referee's return.

The game ended in a 2-2 draw to qualify for the second round of the Champions League after PSG finished top of Group A, followed by Real Madrid in second place.

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* Former international rule