Guilty of an error on the penalty whistled Tuesday evening in favor of PSG against Newcastle, in a Champions League group match, the referee in charge of VAR was removed from the Real Sociedad-RB Salzburg match.
This could make Newcastle fume even more. The day after their draw on the pitch of Paris Saint-Germain (1-1), in a Champions League group match, the Magpies learned that Tomasz Kwitklowski, Polish referee in charge of VAR during this meeting, had been sanctioned by UEFA. The body thus confirmed that the latter was wrong in his decision to grant the Parisian penalty, in the final moments of added time of the match.
As reported by several English media, the sanction imposed on the culprit was to deprive him of the match between Real Sociedad and RB Salzburg, in which he was to officiate on Wednesday evening, still within the framework of the group stage of the C1 . For his part, the central referee, Szymon Marciniak, should logically receive a poor mark for his overall performance. Although he himself went to check the images, he did not see fit not to award a penalty, when the ball first hit the chest of the Newcastle player present in the area, which the latter did not voluntarily increase his body surface, and especially since the regulations are very strict in this matter.
Newcastle helpless
In any case, the score of 1-1 has definitely been confirmed and Newcastle will not have the possibility of filing any appeal with UEFA. The cumulative errors of judgment of the referees pointed out have serious consequences for the English club which, if it had won in Paris, would then have had its destiny in its hands. Instead, they currently find themselves third in Group E, two points behind PSG. To take their revenge through intermediary matches, Newcastle will absolutely have to win at home on December 13 against AC Milan, while hoping that PSG loses at Borussia Dortmund.
