Milan-Udineseplayed on Saturday and ended 1-0 in favor of the Rossoneri, is one of the most talked about matches of the last round of Serie A. Gianluca Rocchidesignator of the Serie A and B referees, spoke at Open VARup Daznto comment on the main episodes. We start from goal by defender Kabasele, canceled out late: “Basically, the reasoning is very simple. Here the Udinese player is, albeit very slightly, offside. He tries to play the ball in front of the opponent and is punishable. Many wonder why the referee (Chiffi, ed.) went to the monitor: because it is a subjective decision whether the impact (on Thiaw, ed.) is real or not. It is clear that it is, but the protocol had to be respected, you can only perceive the offside position through technology”.
Space for the expulsion of Tijjani Reijnders: “If you heard some doubts in the VAR discussions it is not about the DOGSO parameters, which are all there, but about the foul. Reijnders has a natural behavior, but the legs are crossed: we feel like supporting the pitch’s decision Then once you blow the whistle on the DOGSO and therefore on the red card there is no doubt about the foul, but looking back at the images the contact is there.”
The discussion moves on to Touré’s failure to get a yellow card for a foul on Chukwueze: “It’s a wrong decision, the warning is due here. It’s the classic step on foot, it’s not beyond measure because the player risks getting hurt after a movement on his own. But the yellow is missing and the VAR cannot suggest a warning. The protocol does not provide for it.”
The goal disallowed at the end of #MilanUdinese to #OpenVAR 🖥️🔎#DAZN pic.twitter.com/BD6fCHHMbP
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