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Referees Association Rules No Penalty for Maccabi Haifa Against Hapoel Ramat Gan
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First reported by Ynet · 6 hours ago
What happened
The Israeli Referees Association ruled that a penalty awarded to Maccabi Haifa against Hapoel Ramat Gan was incorrect, supporting VAR's recommendation to cancel it. The referee was also criticized for delaying too long during the VAR review. Maccabi Haifa won the match 2-1 despite the missed penalty.
- 01Referees Association confirmed no foul occurred in Maccabi Haifa's awarded penalty.
- 02VAR intervention was justified and should have been accepted by the referee.
- 03Eitan Azulai missed the penalty in the 84th minute against Hapoel Ramat Gan.
- 04Referee took too long reviewing the incident on the pitch monitor.
- 05Maccabi Haifa won the match 2-1 in the Israeli Premier League opener.
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