The performance of the referees in Sunday's two games is commented through gipedo.politis.com.cy by the collaborator of the show “Derby” of POLITIS 107.6 and former international referee, Nikos Savva.
See how he evaluates Vassilis Dimitriou (APOEL-Nea Salamina) and Louka Sotiriou (Karmiotissa-Olympiakos):
APOEL – NEA SALAMINA
Vassilis Dimitriou is very good.
He whistled 29 fouls without using a card. There were no difficult or controversial phases within the remedial areas of the two teams.
In the 39th minute, Nea Salamina asked for a penalty. There were holdings between Ensue and Wagner and the moment the ball goes towards them Wagner falls to the ground to win a penalty. It has not been given correctly, there is no violation.
Clear all four goals of the match.
KARMIOTISSA – OLYMPIAKOS
Lucas Sotiriou is very good.
The four cards he gave in the first half are correct.
In the 44th minute, Hadjivasilis falls for a penalty. Save the yellow card for theater. There is no violation by Gustavo.
In the 53rd minute, a penalty was given to Olympiakos and Peretz was correctly sent off.
In the 88th minute, Olympiakos asked for a penalty when Savva fell to the ground and the ball hit his hand before placing it on the ground to support it. It is a difficult phase but they had every right to referee and VAR to give a violation. They considered that there was no clear violation by the football player of Karmiotissa, even if his hand was not on the ground at the moment when the ball hit it.
