UEFA believes VAR made the right calls during Roma’s 3-1 defeat to Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Porto were awarded an extra-time penalty after Alessandro Florenzi had tugged his opponent’s shirt in the box, before Roma were denied a spot-kick of their own, the referee controversially choosing not to consult the VAR.
UEFA believes VAR made the right calls during Roma’s 3-1 defeat to Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Porto were awarded an extra-time penalty after Alessandro Florenzi had tugged his opponent’s shirt in the box, before Roma were denied a spot-kick of their own, the referee controversially choosing not to consult the VAR.
“The VAR, after checking the offside line – which confirmed the attacker to be onside – asked the referee if he had seen the holding offence committed by the AS Roma defender,” read an explanation of the first incident on its official website.
“The referee confirmed he was unaware of any holding during live play and he asked for the images to be prepared to allow him to conduct an on-field review (serious missed incident). The review convinced the referee that a penalty kick should be awarded for a holding offence.
As for the second, UEFA added: “The referee was close to the action and had himself seen the potential incident in live play and judged that there was no foul.
“The referee nevertheless decided to delay the restart of play, to give more time to the VAR to review the different camera angles available. A VAR check was conducted, and the various images were studied carefully by the VAR, who did not find any clear evidence.
“The referee was then informed by the VAR that following the check no clear and obvious error had occurred and that there was no ground for a VAR intervention and an on-field review.”