This Friday, Standard received Ghent for the first day of the Pro League. A thrilling match which saw the Rouches equalize in the last moments of the meeting by Dussenne. A very important goal because it allowed his colors to take a point once morest the Buffalos who had left a good impression.
If the show was there, it is also because several arbitration decisions were widely commented on and discussed. Including a very contentious hand from Renaud Emond on a direct free kick from Sven Kums. On this action, the attacker, then in the wall, seems to extend the surface of his body with his arm to touch the ball.
The VAR had decided not to intervene and had supported the choice of referee Vissers not to whistle a penalty. This Monday, Franck De Bleeckere reconsidered this decision. According to the former referee, Laurens Visser’s decision was not good. “A penalty should have been called and the VAR should also have intervened”estimated the one who explains certain arbitration decisions on the site of the Belgian Union following each day of the championship as spokesperson for the arbitration department.
This decision not to give a penalty had enraged Sven Kums and the Ghent camp. “I have to be careful what I say, otherwise I might be suspended”he began in remarks transcribed by Het Laatste Nieuws. “Listen, before the championship starts, you receive explanations regarding certain phases during a meeting. Then it was said that it is always a fault if a player touches his hand with an arm movement, away from the body and towards the ball. That was the case with my free kick and Emond, wasn’t it? The referee said that for him it was clearly not a penalty. The VAR did not was not contacted nor did he intervene. Yet the guidelines are clear, aren’t they? I can’t understand that.”he judged.
