In the last few hours the president of Inter Beppe Marotta he had spoken of Conte’s outburst after the Nerazzurri’s 1-1 draw against Napoli: “I believe that with technology the situation improves, errors decrease. If I have to refer to what happened on Sunday and Conte’s invocation, person intelligent and great communicator who will certainly have his objective when he speaks, I must say that the referee was very close to the action, so there was certainly physical contact, the foot was moved and therefore in my opinion it was a penalty If then there must be a debate on a better use of VAR in terms of protocol, this is part of a constructive debate that must be had within the football system”, said Marotta.
And yesterday the Italian president’s piqued response was not long in coming Aurelio De Laurentiis: “I read some statements from Marotta from Los Angeles, which in my opinion were out of place. The rigor, according to the vast majority of observers, was not there. But above all, Conte’s words were clear and are exactly what I I think and what I have always said: the VAR is a great resource for avoiding refereeing errors. It makes no sense to say that sometimes it can intervene and sometimes not. If there is a refereeing error, the VAR staff must call the match director Otherwise, the growth of football will be blocked and suspicions will be fueled. Furthermore, the referees are already in direct contact with the VAR. Why should they not receive information from those who can see what is happening on the pitch with the help of technology? he explained sacrosanct concepts, the same ones that I have supported for years!
It is necessary to ensure that suspicions and doubts are not fueled, and respect, as underlined by Rocchi, must be mutual to avoid, as he said, the championship being set on fire.
It must also be underlined that the referee should be free from any psychological conditioning, which instead often exists between field referees and VAR referees. I believe the need to develop a new VAR regulation to avoid inconsistent decisions”.