Moviola Serie A: Fazio from penalty, penalty ok in Crotone, neglect in Naples

Edoardo Lusena-Davide Longo

March 1
– Milan

The slow motion of Sunday’s matches of the twenty-fourth round of Serie A:

Sampdoria-Atalanta

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Good performance from Marinelli. The evaluations of the two penalties claimed by the Bergamo players and not conceded by the referee were correct: on 13 ‘in the contrast Augello-Pasalic Sampdoria covers the ball taking position with a shoulder intervention; at 37 ‘Yoshida’s arm that hits the ball on Maehle’s heel sticks to the body. Contact also occurs after the ball hits the body of the Japanese defender. Corrected cancellation of Maehle’s goal in the 50th minute: Gosens, scorer of the cross for the Dane, is in an offside position.

Inter-Genoa

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A serene afternoon for Chiffi, struggling with a match that is anything but challenging. Just ignore Radovanovic’s touch on Lautaro at the entrance of the area at the exit, there is really nothing, so much so that the Argentine does not mention any protest. Corrected the yellow to Zapata on Pavoletti, there are the two penalties on the shoulder of Lautaro to Zapata and Goldaniga, this is lighter but still punishable. At 3-0, Var is in charge of validating Sánchez’s goal after the first assistant Tegoni had called Lautaro’s initial offside, which Radovanovic kept in a regular position by a handful of centimeters.

Crotone-Cagliari

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In general, your address Michael Fabbri is not wrong. Good management from the start with the yellow immediately shown to Ceppitelli, after having conceded the advantage, for the hard foul on Vulic. More severe the first yellow for Lykogiannis whose touch, in the 9th minute, on Ounas does not seem to justify the yellow card. What weighs then when the second yellow card arrives, this time indisputable, for a naive Greek retained once again on Ounas in the 75th minute, leaving Cagliari in ten. The penalty awarded in the 58th minute for the lack of Magallan that hits Pavoletti in the area is quite evident, anticipating it.

Udinese-Fiorentina

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Volpi’s career direction went smoothly. Nestorovski’s decisive goal in the 86th minute is validated live (only the call of the assistant Zingarelli) and then confirmed by the Var: the Macedonian in a De Paul cross from the right is kept in play by Milenkovic. The three cautions imposed in the match were successful: Martínez Quarta at 64 ‘stops De Paul’s restart with a fairly vigorous push from behind, Llorente at 73’ and Kokorin in recovery are sanctioned for harsh interventions on Pezzella and De Paul.

Naples-Benevento

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An episode stains the direction of Abisso: but the fault is the Var. It is Napoli’s 2-0, a confusing action that cannot be deciphered with the naked eye. From the left Insigne, Letizia hits her head, the ball hits a Politano who falls and goes to the net. Abisso talks to the Vars (Valeri and Giallatini) and validates, but leaves some doubts. In the repetition the action seems “dirty” from Politano’s hands (involuntary, but it does not matter): it had to be canceled. Inexplicable. The rest is correct, thanks in large part to excellent testing from linesman Galetto, who appears to have a built-in Var. It is enough to cancel Zielinski’s 2-0 due to Insigne’s active offside, which covers Montipò. The double card to Koulibaly in the second half was irreproachable. First the foul on Caprari, then he enters from behind on Letizia and knocks him out. On the questionable yellow that Hetemaj for a foul on Bakayoko: being a “yellow” seems to Gaich.

Rome-Milan

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No, it is never a trivial game. And it is a factor to take into account in the analysis of the direction, not wrong, of Guida. And this net of the two goals by Tomori and Ibra correctly canceled in the offside start and that of Mancini canceled by the foul on Theo. The first real episode at 31 ‘: Tomori goes shoulder to shoulder with Veretout who listens to him and comes down, for Guida there is nothing and the evaluation remains. At 39 ‘Fazio in contact with Calabria who goes down in the area line. Per Guida touched the ball, but Irrati on the monitor shows the stomp on the Rossoneri: just the penalty, as well as the yellow for Fazio who mockingly applauds the referee. At 80 ‘he contacted Mikhitaryan-Theo: for the Campania party director it is a lack of attack by Giallorossi who, however, demands a penalty and protests with a yellow card. It would have been more appropriate to postpone: the Armenian’s touch was too light, the rossoneri from the ground was not a fault. At 85 ‘Guida analyzes the action between Karsdorp and Leao who goes down to the area and lets play: the frames show a contact between the Dutchman’s foot and the Portuguese’s calf. The rigor, not sensational, could have been, but the intervention of the Var could not.