The former whistler Luca Marelli spoke about the Juventus-Lazio refereeing episodes live on DAZN. This is his analysis:
On Douglas Luiz’s long shot to Patric: “Douglas Luiz’s shot is a distant ball, Sacchi sees absolutely nothing. This is not a particularly violent shot, but it is gratuitous and has nothing to do with the game of football. It would have been better for VAR to intervene for a card red to the midfielder. In the VAR room they didn’t warn Sacchi because it was an unsportsmanlike behavior that only requires a yellow card and the VAR can’t warn the referee in this case. Douglas Luiz wasn’t even booked, because Sacchi wasn’t saw the shot.”
On the foul on Rovella: “Sacchi conceded the lead and then booked Douglas Luiz. The yellow and not the red is correct because the Brazilian’s foot slips on Rovella’s leg, it’s not a sharp blow on the ankle. But it would have been a double yellow for the Juventus midfielder ”.