Japan VAR Judgment Questionnaire Football U23 Asian Championship January 16 22:54
Kozo Tajima, Chairman of the Japan Football Association, questioned the Match Commissioner about a situation where the decision of VAR = Video Assistant Referee was inconsistent in a match between Japan and Qatar in the Asian Championships under the age of 23 held in Thailand. Has been submitted.
In the match between Qatar and Japan on the 15th, the referee once played about the play of Midori Tanaka, who competed in the middle of the game just before the end of the first half, and after receiving the advice of VAR, checked the video and was sent off.
In the second half of the 1-point lead, Mitsuki Saito tried to stop his last pass and judged that it was a foul play and took a penalty kick, but this time he only checked on the pitch and confirmed the video. Japan has scored the same goal.
After responding to an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday, Chairman Tajima revealed that he had submitted a questionnaire to the Match Commissioner, stating that there was a situation where the VAR judgment was inconsistent, and said, "There are no institutions that evaluate VAR. I would like to ask for an explanation of how the scene was judged. "