2024-04-08 11:07:51
[Tournament News]The Hong Kong Premier League has introduced VAR (Video Assistant Referee) for the first time this season. However, controversial decisions still occur from time to time in the game. In the Oriental League match once morest Kitchee last Saturday, there was an incident where a Kitchee player was suspected of committing a handball in the penalty area, but it escaped the detection of the ball. Oriental issued an open letter to the media this evening, stating that it would question the Football Association and the referee panel regarding some controversial decisions during the game. This is the second time that a football club has publicly questioned VAR following Guanzhong Nan District was dissatisfied with the football license ruling. Coincidentally, the opponent involved was also Kit Chi.
Oriental has also uploaded an open letter on social platforms: “In view of last Saturday’s Hong Kong Super League match between Kitchi and Oriental, an opponent’s player was suspected of committing a handball but was not subject to video review by the referee team and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). This association will raise questions with the Football Association and the referee panel on the following issues.”
“On the same day (6/4/2024), in the 53rd minute of the second half, when our player Ma Xiwei turned over someone in the penalty area, two media organizations, 01 Sports and Tilu, captured the guard Jiezhi touching the ball with his hand in the penalty area. At that moment, it affected the offensive direction of our own players, but neither the ball referee nor the video assistant referee gave any indication at that time, and in the end there was no record between the two sides.”
The association also stated that it “felt helpless and indignant” following the game: “Let’s put aside the red and yellow card decisions made by the referee team during the game. The Hong Kong Football Association introduced VAR in this season’s competition to increase the accuracy of the referee team’s decisions on the field. Sexually, our association has encountered handball fouls in the penalty area many times this year. In previous incidents, VAR has also been conducting video reviews for fouls. However, this time the referee team did not make any judgment on this incident. It seriously affects the credibility of the competition and has a negative impact on the overall development of the league.”
“The Association hereby questions whether the referee and the VAR team have completed all decision-making procedures on that day. In this regard, we will formally ask the Football Association and the referee team to understand whether there are any problems in the entire decision-making process and the communication procedures between the VAR assistant referee and the head referee. We hope that here The incident was given a fair, thorough and reasonable explanation. The rules of winning and losing in sports competitions should be the victory of the superior and the inferior. If the results of the competition are affected by other people’s artificial and lack of professional factors, the Association is deeply disappointed and regretful.”
Finally, the letter quoted an excerpt from Zhang Yanyou, Director of Referees of the Football Association, who attended a public event to introduce the VAR system to the media: “FIFA guidelines do not limit the review time. We think it can be speeded up, but the most important thing is accuracy. The worst thing is Missing procedures, not checking everything, because no one will forgive that.”
Oriental also listed some of the controversial incidents this season:
Handball foul reviewed by VAR
・February 11, 2024 Senior Group Silver Medal Final/Kitchhi vs. East 90’+7′ Kosubayev Handball
・March 10, 2024 Hong Kong Premier League/Eastern vs. Guanzhongnan District 36′ Guanzhongnan District player handball
・March 16, 2024 Hong Kong Premier League/Oriental vs. Lee & Man 87′ Liang Guancong handball
・March 31, 2024 Hong Kong Premier League/Standard Rovers vs. Oriental 30′ Kosubayev handball
Handball foul not reviewed by VAR
‧April 6, 2024 Hong Kong Premier League/Kitchee vs. Oriental 53′ Handball by Kitchee player
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “Hong Kong Premier League｜Dissatisfied with VAR’s missed handball decision, Oriental issued an open letter questioning the ball card」
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