PSG came close to losing their Champions League tie against Newcastle at 1-1, but equalized in the 98th minute after a controversial penalty. UEFA sanctioned the VAR referee on Wednesday.

The VAR referee in the match between PSG and Newcastle was suspended from the delegation

The penalty, which allowed the PSG team to equalize the score in the game with Newcastle (1:1) in extra minutes, is clearly considered a refereeing error by UEFA. The European confederation does not want to “comment” on this event, but has already begun to apply sanctions to the referees who judged on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. The first to be sanctioned is Poland’s Tomas Kwiatkowski, who was responsible for VAR in this Champions League group match, writes L’Equipe.

He was due to appear in court at Real Sociedad-RB Salzburg on Wednesday night, but the UEFA refereeing department, which reports to Italian referee Roberto Rosetti, asked him to return home.

UEFA believe that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak, warned by his VAR assistant, should not have blown the whistle on that ball with his hand because the ball first touched the forward’s chest, the body surface was not intentionally increased, and the instructions are clear.

Confirming the rules of the game laid down by the IFAB, Roberto Rossetti insisted in early September: “In the guidelines for next season, the UEFA Football Council recommends that it be made clear that a handball cannot be whistled if the ball has previously been deflected by a part of the player’s body other than the hand or brushes, especially if the ball is headed in the wrong direction of the goal,” reports News.ro.

The referees who officiate the matches in the European Cups received these instructions at the beginning of the season. But they were not applied in Tuesday night’s PSG-Newcastle match. This should prompt UEFA to give Szymon Marciniak a poor rating for his performance. “Newcastle” has no way out in this situation.