A Serbian referee Stefan Lazovic has been banned for life after he used a fan’s mobile phone as Video Assistant Referee, VAR, to overturn an offside decision.
The referee trended online after pictures from the match surfaced of his VAR check in one of Serbia’s lower league matches earlier in the week.
Lazovic had canceled a goal for offside before watching the replay on a fan’s phone. Afterward, he allowed the goal after the review adjudged the player to be onside.
Consequently, the authorities have stripped Lazovic of his license to officiate matches.
However, fans have called out the football authorities in Serbia on social media over the decision to ban the referee.
Nemanja Matic, former Manchester United and Chelsea midfielder commented on an Instagram post questioning the ban of Lazovic with a two raised hands emoji.
The original post by ftbl.serbia partly read, “Support for Stefan Lazovic! Why should only he suffer, why such a rigorous sentence, why a lifetime ban from trial?
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“How is it possible that there is no penalty for the delegate and all other authorities from the responsible FS of that district?
“How could the match be allowed to be played without one assistant referee?! Who is responsible here? Why does Stefan’s spear break?
“At the end of the day, the fact thBarcelona at he watched the video and changed the decision, just shows that he wanted everything to be FAIR!
Source: Completesports
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