"The referee team running the match between Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) and Nam Dinh made the right decision when recognizing To Van Vu's goal. Fans misunderstand VAR's operating procedures", VPF leaders confirmed to VTC News.
In the match between SLNA and Nam Dinh, To Van Vu scored in the 5th minute of extra time. The situation stemmed from Rafaelson's free kick, goalkeeper Nguyen Van Viet flew to block it. After the next few beats, To Van Vu had the opportunity and fired a dangerous long-range shot into the SLNA net.
This situation caused controversy when many viewers thought that Nam Dinh player - Nguyen Van Vy - was offside. However, this is a difficult situation to observe from the audience's perspective. Television images and camera angles of the organizers are not enough to determine whether Nam Dinh Club players are offside or not.
Nam Dinh's controversial goal.
After more than 5 minutes of consulting VAR, referee Nguyen Trung Kien decided to recognize To Van Vu's goal. Many fans are skeptical about the effectiveness of VAR in this case.
Head of the VFF Referee Committee - Mr. Dang Thanh Ha said that when the VAR camera angles cannot provide enough data for the VAR room referee, the on-field referee's decision will be the final decision. This is also the principle of VAR popularized by FIFA to applicable tournaments.
In this situation, an SLNA player lies horizontally behind the fence. This is the reason why it becomes difficult to determine whether the Nam Dinh player is offside or not because the person lying on the field does not appear on the television camera angle and the image angles can be compared.
Nam Dinh player Van Vi was in a sensitive position when Rafaelson took a free kick.
"According to the regulations of a match with VAR, the referees had time to discuss to re-check the goal. The main referee accesses many streams of information, advice and support, rather than stopping at just one camera angle across the field like the audience sees on television.
In that situation, the assistant referee had a favorable observation position and did not raise the offside flag. According to the regulations of a match with VAR, the referees had time to discuss to re-check the goal. Mr. Nguyen Trung Kien made the final decision to recognize the goal as valid after discussing with the VAR referee.", VPF leaders explained.
As for the home team SLNA, head coach Phan Nhu Thuat said that VAR was born to bring fairness and support referees to be more accurate. Therefore, this military leader has no opinion on the controversial situation and he believes in the referees.
