Milan, expulsion of Tonali “inspired” by the Var

At the end of the first part in the Vigorito some episodes in slow motion in Benevento-Milan. At 12 ‘, Brahim Díaz-Caprari makes contact in the Rossoneri area: there is a small setback, the Easter referee lets it pass, but if he had conceded a penalty there would have been little to say. Var Di Paolo does not intervene with reason, since, however, it is not a clear and obvious error. Two minutes later, Pasqua has no doubts in the opposite area: Tuia, anticipated by Rebic, knocks out the rival in the area. Corrected the penalty. At 27 ‘Calabria fails the stop, favoring the escape of Caprari, interrupted by the lack of intervention of the Rossoneri side: Pascua does not give a punishment for Benevento and makes a mistake, there would also be a yellow card for Calabria.

At 32 ‘Di Paolo decides to intervene (direct red fouls are expected) recommending a review to his colleague on the field after warning Tonali that in front of the area defended by Donnarumma, he kicks Ionita’s leg late. In front of the monitor the blow is clear and the foot high, Pascua decides to exacerbate the penalty and punish with red, which may be there, the danger of a contact that is not bad but surely naive and risky. In any case, the Var’s intervention raises some perplexity. Was it a clear and obvious mistake?