Anderlecht was beaten from pillar to post by arch-rival Club Brugge on Sunday, but at the very end the Purple & White Egg almost grabbed an undeserved point from the lion’s den. Although the pressing final phase in Jan Breydel may never have happened.
Afterwards, there was a lot to do about the Brussels team’s goal. Although goal scorer Jan-Carlo Simic appeared to be offside, his goal was still approved by the VAR, to almost everyone’s surprise. Earlier, he also intervened to disallow a goal by Christos Tzolis.
Simic offside?
In both cases, the official offside line shown during the live broadcast was inconclusive. And so, despite the good outcome, many in the Blue-Black camp still felt seriously disadvantaged. In the weekly Under Review, Jonathan Lardot was questioned about Simic’s goal.
“Jasper Vergoote and his assistants all refereed a great match. There were a number of close offside situations, where it was only a matter of centimeters. That is why we also need VAR,” said the technical director of the Referee Department before speaking up. shine a light on the situation.
Support from Lardot
“The line was drawn correctly. In the replay we only see one line. This is because the VAR first drew the line on the defender’s foot and then on that of the attacker. If those lines overlap, that is poorly reflected on the image. That is why we only draw one line in such cases,” it says.
“The two lines were simply on top of each other. According to the technology, it was not offside and a correct decision,” concludes Lardot, who does not explain the bizarre angle from which we saw the offside line for Tzolis’ disallowed goal. He also does not comment on the long wait for the VAR.
