On March 4, Song Lam Nghe An Football Club (SLNA) sent an official dispatch to Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF), VFF and the Arbitration Board regarding the goal in the match against Nam Dinh Club. in round 3 of V.League.
According to the Nghe team's assessment, the goal recognized by the main referee and the VAR referee team at 90+5 minutes left a lot of controversy and bad public opinion about the video technology supporting the referee being applied at V. .League. SLNA recommends reviewing the accuracy of this ball.
Nam Dinh's controversial goal.
The official dispatch reads: “Song Lam Nghe An Club requests VFF, VPF and the Organizing Committee of Vietnam Professional Football Tournaments as well as the Referee Board to review and re-check the offside or non-offside situation that led to the decisive goal of the team. match and written response to Song Lam Nghe An Club to know".
Phu 90+5, striker Rafaelson Fernandes took a dangerous free kick, but SLNA goalkeeper Van Viet successfully blocked it. After that, To Van Vu took advantage of the opportunity to score the only goal of the match. However, in that phase, Nam Dinh player Van Vi may have been offside.
Van Vi may have been offside.
According to the referee's report, the image data did not provide the necessary rotation angle to observe or draw a line to determine offside. Although there was an SLNA player lying behind the fence to prevent a low shot, this is not a basis to confirm that Van Vi is not offside.
The leader of the Nghe An football team proposed: “Song Lam Nghe An proposed to the tournament Organizing Committee to take measures to improve the quality of video and television recording as well as the quality of referees and the quality of operating VAR technology being applied at V.League. From there, improve the quality of matches as well as national championships to serve fans nationwide".
SLNA affirms that it always respects the final decision of the referees. Besides, this team hopes that VFF, VPF and the tournament Organizing Committee will pay more attention to the quality, accuracy and fairness of important decisions of the main referee and VAR in V.League today.
