Kyriakos Athanasiou’s performance in yesterday’s game between AEL and Pafos was disappointing. He struggled to manage the match…
He wrongly called a foul on Nikola Ioannou, which canceled a penalty for the Limassol team. He also missed a clear foul by Dragomir on Natel, leading to Zaza scoring a goal. The foreign VAR official had to step in and sent him for an on-field review.
This morning, it was announced that foreign referees will be brought in not just for VAR but also for on-field duties.
This was mentioned earlier by Phoivos Vakis, the General Secretary of the Cyprus Football Association, during his interview on Oloi Media’s Vidcast two weeks ago.
With more ‘big games’ coming up, we lack enough local referees who can handle them well.
