Christakis Skapoullis was invited to comment on the many controversial phases of the derby between APOEL and AEL, as well as what happened after the home team's penalty was suggested, on RIK's show “Gol kai Theama”.
Read what he said…
On Souza's gesture: “We saw this obscene gesture. The impressive thing is that the four referees and the VARists did not notice it, the player was not punished during the game. The unions are the ones that create the regulations, they have their own prosecutor. “Yes, of course the sports judge can intervene.”
Regarding the penalty requested by APOEL for the overthrow of Okriashvili by Keravnos (just before the penalty was given for the overthrow of Natel): “The goalkeeper goes and catches the ball in the air and on his descent goes to the opponent. When he plays the ball, the goalkeeper has forgiveness of sins. It is not one of the cases where a penalty should be given “.
Regarding the penalty given to APOEL for the overthrow of Natel by Santos: “Here is a clear case of a penalty. He took him down. “
Regarding what happened after the penalty kick for APOEL: “The referee gave a clear penalty. What was the reason for VARistas to intervene? If he intervened, I have doubts. I have my information too. If he intervened… I have my doubts. When the dialogues are given ουμε we hope they are given. Something shocking happened, we are the first country in the world that every Sunday we increase the time to solve a problem in the VAR, from five minutes we went to six, we went to seven, to eight, we will go to nine. We also see the referee… abroad no one goes with him, here he must have a guard, the players of both teams. First of APOEL after AEL. It's a comedy! We became resilient abroad. These things are shown abroad. The federation must specifically consider this case and tell the people why this case happened. To satisfy a little public feeling “.
Regarding the penalty that AEL requested for Vinicius ' hand: “Look, there was no hand here. He was close. He found it in his hand but it was close, the player fell down, he had no support, where would he put his hand? “
For Natel's goal that was canceled for offside: “We look with the eye and say hm ουν They show us a line, it does not have the element of credibility. It depends on when you press the button. “When you lift your foot to hit the ball, if the button is pressed there, it is different”.
For the dismissal of Santos: “The second yellow card is absolutely correct. “With his hand he does not let the ball go to the APOEL player, it is a stop of a promising attack”.
For Torres's hard foul on Souza where he was given a yellow card : “He has brutal evidence. The fact that he picked up his leg at the last minute played his role to save the red one. I would give red “.
For the goal of Ephraim that was canceled for offside: “Here again, they throw a line… and both press on the red line. “It would be a good thing for FIFA to get rid of this thing because it hurts football.”
