In the opening card between soccer J1's Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo held this month, the refereeing committee of the Japan Football Association admitted that there was an error in the judgment in the scene related to the score.
However, the match result remains unchanged at 0-0 draw.
In the soccer J1 opening card, the Sanfrecce vs. Consadole match held in Hiroshima City on the 18th of this month, in the 29th minute of the second half of the 0-0 score, Sanfrecce's corner kick was pushed in by Takumu Kawamura with a header. The goalkeeper, Takanori Sugano, scraped the ball at the very edge of the goal line.
In this scene, the referee disallowed the goal because the ball did not cross the goal line, and the referee called VAR (Video Assistant Referee) also checked the replay footage and continued the match without overturning the decision. .
The match then ended in a 0-0 draw with both teams scoreless.
Regarding this decision, Kenji Ogiya, chairman of the refereeing committee of the Japan Football Association, responded to an online interview on the 22nd, and after the refereeing committee verified the replay video again, VAR overturned the decision, saying that the entire ball had crossed the goal line. , explained that the score should have been acknowledged.
The VAR, who was in charge of the match, saw the video and initially decided that it was highly likely that the goal line had been crossed, but when the image was enlarged, it became blurry and it was difficult to tell whether it had crossed the goal line. It is explained that it has accepted
The refereeing committee explained the circumstances to both teams on the 21st.
However, the match result remains unchanged at 0-0 draw.
Ogiya, chairman of the refereeing committee, said, "I would like to apologize to everyone involved in football. We have to make VAR a trustworthy organization."
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Shingo Senda, president of Sanfrecce Hiroshima, said, "We have no choice but to accept the result, partly because the match has been completed. I want the referees to work harder and study harder to prevent this from happening in the future. The opening match. I've been challenged by the team, but I think the players will definitely overcome this and face the next game and beyond."