UEFA Suspends VAR Referee After Paris Saint-Germain Controversy – Latest Updates and News

2023-11-29 15:43:00

Ahmed Haridi wrote Wednesday, November 29, 2023 05:43 PM

UEFA decided to suspend Tomas Kwiatkowski, the VAR referee, during a confrontation Paris Saint-Germain The Frenchman with his guest, the English team Newcastle United, following his grave mistake during the match, which resulted in the Parisian team being awarded the equalizer in the eighth minute of time instead of the match’s stoppage time.

The Polish referee had summoned the referee, Simon Marciniak, in stoppage time for the match, under the pretext that there was a penalty kick on the Newcastle player, which later replays showed that there was no handball.

In light of this decision, the referee was excluded from officiating Real Sociedad’s confrontation with Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg, scheduled for this Wednesday evening, and German Marco Fritz was appointed in his place.

Kylian Mbappé scored the equalizer for Paris Saint-Germain, in the eighth minute of stoppage time, following the controversial penalty kick was awarded.

Paris Saint-Germain is in second place in Group 6, with 7 points, then Newcastle United is in third place with 5 points, and Borussia Dortmund leads the group with 10 points, ensuring its qualification to the round of 16. Milan is in fourth and last place with 5 points. .

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