Polish judges made a embarrassing mistake on Tuesday evening League of Nations. The team of referees, headed by Paweł Raczkowski, did not correctly recognize the goal scored by Alexander Isak match Sweden – Azerbaijan. All because of a terrible mistake by the people responsible for VAR.
A disastrous mistake by the Poles in the Nations League. Isak speaks out: “I'm frustrated”
The situation occurred in added time of the first half. Isak received a pass on the wing, went inside and scored. Initially, Paweł Raczkowski allowed the goal, but soon he received a signal from VAR assistants – Paweł Malec and Daniel Stefański. The gentlemen saw an offside. The problem is that when they drew the line, they confused the replays. Instead of taking into account the moment when Gyokeres passes to Isak, they took into account the positioning when passing from the defender to Gyokeres. The goal was wrongly disallowed, causing a scandal throughout Europe.
Of course, the most injured person is Isak, who was robbed of a goal. After the meeting, he couldn't contain his anger. – How is that possible? Really? This is almost the worst mistake I have ever seen in my life. I'm a little frustrated. I won't lie. They drew the line at the completely wrong time, it's not good. I accept situations in which there is an assessment, because people may have different opinions and wrong decisions may occur. But it's not the same. They drew the line with the wrong passes – he was outraged attacker Newcastlequoted by “Aftonbladet”.
Scenes during half-time. The Swedes went to Polish judges. “They were convinced they did the right thing”
It turns out that the shooter even had the opportunity to talk to the Polish referees in person. – During the break, the VAR referees were standing in the corridor in front of our locker room, so we went up to them and asked them about the situation. But they believed they did the right thing, which was disgusting enough, Isak said.
Eventually they realized that they had made a mistake. How they explained it. – They said the photos they saw weren't from the right angle. I don't know, maybe they found a way to avoid criticism, he added football player.
Polish judges can still say they are very lucky, because their error did not have a major impact on the final decision. Sweden won very big anyway – 6:0. Gyokeres scored four goals and Kulusevski scored two.