Disciplinary Committee Belgian Football Confederation A rematch of the country's first division league between the two has been ordered this Friday Anderlecht and Genk (Colombian Daniel Muñoz Group), He filed a dispute on December 23 to rectify the mistake VAR and the referee of that match, it shall be annulled.
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The decision, which is highly unusual in the world of football, comes in response to a lawsuit filed Genk, They lost the match 2-1 and it ended in a goal, but they were condemned for misuse of the rules due to a penalty in their favor, but the referee of the match, Nathan VerbumenHe ordered it canceled in the 22nd minute with the score tied at 0-0.
🚨 A decision that could change football 🚨
😱 Genk-Anderlecht penalty replay due to VAR error.
👉 The Disciplinary Council deems the rules “misapplied”. pic.twitter.com/vsV1OaS1Cr
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In a statement, The Jenk As for the injured club, the decision of the Football Federation's Disciplinary Committee announced a replay of the match, alleging that it should be restarted from the moment of the foul. Verbumen He made a mistake “in the application of the rules” and it “affected the development of the match” because the error was not corrected even from the VAR video referee's room.
Controversy ensues as the player encroaches on the area Jenk Brian Heinen Penalty taken: Goalkeeper Anderlecht, Kasper Schmeichel, He stopped the maximum penalty by failing to block the ball, and the rebound was caught by another attacker on the opposing team.Yira Sor, He shot and scored in the second event.
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However, as the goal was disallowed sister Entered the area earlier and the umpire awarded the ball Anderlecht For replay with an indirect free kick.
🚨 Genk-Anderlecht game played on 23 December 2023 will be replayed. 🤯🇧🇪
The reason was a huge VAR penalty error and Genk took it to court and won the case! pic.twitter.com/8YvrcYAJf6
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There is no field umpire or court umpire VAR Before the penalty was taken, they noticed that a player from that team had also invaded the area. Anderlecht, Yari Verschaeren, should have been compelled to repeat the maximum sentence in favor of Jenk.
The rule establishes that if a penalty ends in a goal and a player from the attacking team and another from the defending team occupy the area early, it must be retaken.
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First, the referees department Belgian Football Confederation On 8 January, it was ruled that there was no reason to replay the match, holding that the referee had erred in “appreciating a fact of the game” and not in “applying the laws of the game”. news agency Belgian.
He Jenk Appealing this decision, now, the wind board Federation Agree with him though Anderlecht The issue still wants to analyze whether it can appeal to any other organization, Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported, citing club sources.
He Genk, For its part, as they expressed in their statement, they hope that “a date to play the match again will be found soon”.
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With information from EFE.
