The Refereeing Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association explained the interpretation of a game episode in the match of the 15th round of the Vbet League-2023/2024 between "Shakhtar" and "Polesye".

15th Round

"Shakhtar" — "Polesye". Referee — Igor Paskhal.

10 min.

Decision on the field: penalty kick/yellow card.

Correct decision: penalty kick/yellow card.

Explanation: Player No. 11 of FC "Polesye", who is trying to compete for the ball, anticipates his opponent who played first. As often happens in such situations, contact between the players' feet cannot be avoided, and thus it happened unintentionally due to the delay by the player from FC "Polesye". However, this maneuver did not contain excessive intensity or force that could endanger the health of the opponent. For these reasons, this should be considered a foul committed in an unsound manner, while the dynamics and intensity did not contain excessive force or brutality, despite the point of contact being slightly higher than usual for a challenge.

VAR: The VAR correctly limits its review to what happened since the referee rightly issued a warning to Player No. 11 of FC "Polesye".