The review panel finds Adelaida’s first penalty against Auckland FC should not have been granted

A spokesman for Football Australia said in a statement provided to the Herald The panel found that the initial non -penalty decision was correct and the VAR was incorrect when intervening and recommending a review in the field.

The panel also found that the final decision of a penalty was incorrect since the challenge fell below the contact threshold.

“The review panel thought that the initial decision of the referee was correct. They felt that the VAR was wrong to intervene and recommend a review in the field (OFR).

“The review panel believes that the final decision of the penalty after the review was incorrect since it fell below the contact threshold.”

The Auckland FC CEO, Nick Becker Herald The club’s position was that the initial decision of the referee was correct and that the decision of the VAR to intervene changed the course of the party.

“The review panel has confirmed what 17,000 Auckland FC fans felt on Saturday afternoon. In our opinion, it was never a penalty, the referee was well positioned to make the call and his original decision to allow the game to continue was correct.

“We appreciate the opening and transparency of the panel, but the Wars intervention was frustrating and by convincing the referee to grant a penalty, the course of the party changed. Var has always been defended as the best way to review clear and obvious mistakes, not to create them.

“We will leave it behind now and look towards the trip of this weekend to Newcastle and then return to Go Media for our match at Central Coast on March 16”.

It was not the only controversial penalty granted during the party, since in the 77 minutes, the defender of Auckland, Tommy Smith, knocked Stefan Mauk in the area and again Clough scored from the point of penalty.

In the case of the second penalty, Football Australia said the review panel found that the decision of a penalty was correct.

The Auckland FC coach Steve Corica, was visibly upset by the second penalty failure and obtained a yellow card for his burst.