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  • Ghanaian winger Osman Haqi scores twice as Yeni Malatyaspor beat Bandirmaspor

    Ghanaian youngster Haqi Osman was on target for Yeni Malatyaspor in their 2-0 win over Bandirmaspor in the Turkish second-tier league on Sunday.

    The 20-year-old, who scored four times but had two goals ruled out by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) put up an impressive display to help his side secure all three points.

    Malatyaspor took an early through Osman in the 8th minute of the game after an assist from Dogukan Emeksiz at the Bandirma 17 Eylül Stadyumu.

    He scored twice in the 50th and 68th minutes but both goals didn’t stand as they were disallowed for offside after a VAR review.

    Osman increased the tally for the Malatya-based club in the 75th minute after combining with Burundian midfielder Jospin Nshimirimana.

    The highly-rated youngster has made three appearances for Malatyaspor, scored two goals and provided two assists in the Turkish second-tier league this campaign.

    Malatyaspor are currently 19th on the league table with six points after nine matches played so far.

    Source: Footballghana

     

  • Morocco becomes first African country to use VAR in domestic match

    History has been made in Morocco where the Video Assistant Referee technology (VAR) has been used in an African domestic match for the first time.

    Morocco’s Football Federation (FRMF) confirmed VAR would make its debut in the local Cup semi-finals on Saturday which would be “the first time in Africa that the VAR technology is going to be used in a local competition”.

    Read:VAR implemented better in Champions League than Premier League Lampard

    The system played a big part in the first semi-final between TAS Casablanca and Difaa El Jadida where a 120th minute penalty decided the outcome.

    The decision to award the spot-kick in Tangier was checked by VAR, with TAS Casablanca winning 1-0.

    The second semi-final on Saturday between Hassania Agadir and Maghreb Atletico Tetwan in Marrakech was also set to use the technology.

    Read:VAR fails to overturn four decisions in Premier League

    Last week, a committee from the International Football Federation Board (IFAB) visited the Marrakech Stadium to look at the VAR set-up.

    VAR was used at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt from the quarter-final stages.

    Source: bbc.com

  • VAR fails to overturn four decisions in Premier League

    The video assistant referee failed to overturn four incorrect decisions during the first four rounds of Premier League matches this season.

    During those rounds there were 227 incidents involving goals, red card offences as well as potential and actual penalty decisions.

    Of those incidents, six decisions were changed by VAR.

    Referees’ chief Mike Riley told Premier League clubs on Thursday four more incidents should have been changed.

    Read:2019 Africa Cup of Nations: We need VAR in AFCON Kwesi Appiah

    The four incidents in question are:

    Claims for a penalty from Manchester City for a foul on midfielder David Silva in their 3-1 win at Bournemouth on 25 August

    A foul on West Ham striker Sebastian Halle in their win against Norwich City on 31 August

    Leicester City’s Youri Tielemens should have been sent off for his foul on Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson on the same day.

    Read:AFCON 2019: VAR to be introduced at the quarter final stages

    Also on 31 August, a handball by Newcastle United’s Isaac Hayden was missed
    in the build-up to Fabian Scharr’s equaliser against Watford

    Both the Manchester City and West Ham incidents were immediately dismissed by the referee.

    Overall, the Premier League are reasonably satisfied at how the new technology is being used and feel they have got six decisions right, when 12 months ago they would have been incorrect.

    In addition, a meeting of all 20 clubs in London earlier had a discussion about the merits of moving the transfer window back towards the end of August, in line with most other European countries, but decided more talks were required at their next gathering in November.

    Source: bbc.com