Referee expert: Milan’s penalty kick does not comply with the Var usage regulations; Inter Milan vs. Juventus did not intervene

Hupu News, October 20th: In Milan's 2-1 home victory over Fiorentina early this morning, Milan received a controversial penalty kick. Referee expert Luca Marelli also expressed his opinion on this.

When the game reached the 83rd minute, Milan forward Santiago Jimenez fell to the ground in the penalty area. The referee Marinelli initially signaled the game to continue, but then received a Var prompt and was called to the sidelines to watch TV replays. After reviewing the video, Marinelli decided to award a penalty kick. Milan forward Leo converted the penalty kick, and finally won the game 2-1.

Fiorentina was extremely angry about this, pointing out that the penalty was "exaggerated" and did not comply with the rule that "Var can only intervene when there is an obvious and serious misjudgment." Marelli, a former Serie A referee and now a referee expert on DAZN Italy channel, also agreed with Florence's protest.

Marelli said in the program:

"This penalty kick is very questionable. The defensive player did have a hand on the opponent's neck, but there was no pulling action because the contact between the two sides was too slight. It cannot be called a pulling at all. It was just a simple hand on the neck. "

"In my opinion, if this penalty kick is awarded directly by the referee on the court, although it will make people frown, it is still acceptable. After all, it is the referee's judgment on the court. But if the referee saw this scene on the court but did not award a penalty kick, there would be no sufficient reason to go to the sidelines to watch the replay, so in my opinion, Var's intervention this time violated the regulations of the use agreement. "

" What's more worth mentioning is that a very similar situation occurred in the Juventus vs. Inter Milan game. Before Juventus scored the 4-3 goal, Kefren Thuram also had contact with Bonny, and Juventus' goal at that time was considered valid because the physical contact was considered very slight and not enough to start the Var review process. "

"The two incidents have many similarities, but they received completely opposite penalties, so either Juventus vs. Inter Milan was a misjudgment, or Milan vs. Fiorentina was a misjudgment. In my opinion, the mistake was in Milan vs. Fiorentina. ”