The disciplinary committee of the Belgian Football Federation ordered this Friday the replay of a league match of this country’s first division between Anderlecht and Genk, played on December 23, to amend a mistake made by the VAR and the referee of that meeting, which will be cancelled.
The decision, very unusual in the world of football, responds to a demand presented by Genk, who ended up losing the match 2-1, and who denounced a poor application of regulations for a penalty in their favor that ended in a goal but that the match referee, Nathan Verboomen, ordered to cancel, in the 22nd minute and with the score 0-0.
In a statement, Genk announced, as an injured club, the decision of the disciplinary committee of the Football Federation of repeat the match, which should be resumed from the time of error, alleging that Verboomen made a mistake “in the application of the regulations” and this “influenced the development of the match”, since the ruling was not corrected from the VAR video referee room either.
The controversy arises from an invasion of the area when Genk player Bryan Heynen took the penalty: Anderlecht’s goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel, managed to stop the maximum penalty without being able to block the ball, and the rebound was caught by another attacker from the rival team, Yira Sor, who shot and scored in the second instance.
Genk appealed the decision and, now, the disciplinary committee of the Federation agrees with him, although Anderlecht intends to analyze whether the issue can still be appealed to another body, Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported, citing club sources.
Genk, for its part, hopes that “a date will be found soon to play the match again”, as they expressed in their statement.
2024-01-26 19:49:04
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