VAR who gave controversial PSG penalty in Newcastle clash AXED for Champions League game tonight
THE VAR official who awarded Paris Saint-Germain a controversial penalty against Newcastle has been axed for a Champions League game tonight.
Toon looked on course to do the double over Kylian Mbappe’s side as they led 1-0 in Paris with moments to go.
But disaster struck in the 98th minute when a point-blank shot was fired at Tino Livramento.
The ball hit his chest before deflecting onto his arm.
And PSG players went beserk as referee Szymon Marciniak refused to award a spot-kick.
However, VAR official Tomasz Kwiatkowski instructed Marciniak to rewatch the incident on the pitch-side monitor.
And despite replays showing Livramento knew nothing about the handball, Marciniak decided to reverse his decision.
Mbappe then fired home a penalty to seal a 1-1 draw, leaving Newcastle’s hopes of reaching the next round of of their hands.
The decision from VAR was blasted by the wider football world, with many calling it a “robbery”.
And the backlash has now been felt by Kwiatowski, who will no longer be on VAR duty for tonight’s Champions League clash between Real Sociedad and RB Salzburg.
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