Idman.biz
VAR referee Nicat Ismayilli has been penalized for not intervening in the episode when there was an offside position during the goal scored by the home team in the 90+4th minute of the "Zira" - "Neftchi" match held in the 28th round of the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Idman.Biz reports with reference to teleqraf.az that the 2025/2026 season is already over for N.Ismayilli.
In the mentioned match, the behavior of the representative of justice, who did not call the head referee of the match Inqilab Mammadov to the VAR, and reacted not according to the image presented to the episode, but according to his own opinion, was considered unacceptable.
As a result, he was suspended from all competitions until the end of the season.
It should be noted that as a result of the VAR referee's failure to intervene in the episode, tension arose, and as a result, the head coach of "Neftchi" Yuri Vernidub, his assistant Dmitro Kara-Mustafa, as well as the football player Breno Almeida saw a red card. These events resulted in "Neftchi" being fined 26,200 manats.
In addition, after the match, the car of the assistant referee of the match, Namig Huseynov, was damaged by unknown persons. "Zira" club was fined for this.
