UEFA admits refereeing error in Sweden-Azerbaijan game

UEFA has admitted that the VAR referees made an error in the 6th round match between Sweden and Azerbaijan in Group C of the UEFA Nations League (6:0).

The decision to disallow the goal scored by the home team's striker Alexander Isak in the 2nd minute of added time of the first half due to offside was wrong.

UEFA's statement regarding that episode stated that the offside line was not drawn correctly and that it was a mistake by the video assistant referee.

It should be noted that Alexander Isak also emphasized after the match that the decision was incorrect.

The UEFA Nations League is an international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.

The first tournament began in September 2018. The competition replaces the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar, with European national teams engaging in more frequent competitive matches against other European national teams of comparable level

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League will run from September to November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals, and League A/B and B/C play-offs), June 2025 (Nations League Finals) and March 2026 (League C/D play-offs).