Following the harsh statement by Aurelio De Laurentiis against the president of Inter, Beppe Marotta, the head of Napoli has been criticized in turn. Just a few hours ago, journalist Maurizio Pistocchi questioned the timing used by both the president of the Neapolitan club and Antonio Conte.
Both had caused a stir in relation to a VAR protocol that is certainly not established by the Italian refereeing class, but only after a dubious episode that – among other things – did not affect the final result of Inter-Napoli. As noted by the journalist, the same consideration was not made by the blue club on a similar episode in Empoli-Napoli from which a decisive penalty for Conte’s team arose.
Pistocchi said, De Laurentiis today officially asks for a new VAR regulation. He does it after an episode in disfavor, and certainly the fact that he did not do it after a favorable episode Empoli is pure and simple coincidence. However, given that the President of Napoli proposes modifications, I would like to know what they are, considering that the episode at San Siro is the same as others that have always been sanctioned, starting from the famous contact between Dumfries and Alex Sandro, up to the recent penalty awarded to Lazio after the Zortea-Pellegrini contact, despite always being checked by the VAR.
The journalist then analyzed the specific case in detail: By definition, these are contacts that are considered foul due to the defender’s neglect, who suffers the anticipation of the opponent, and it doesn’t seem easy to establish their entity. So, what would be the proposal? Every dubious episode should be checked by the field referee? One could agree, but there would be many more breaks and I do not think that neither the referees nor the players would be satisfied. Allow the VAR to call, giving the coaches the opportunity to request the intervention of the VAR for 1/2 times per game? It can be done, provided that those who lead the game do not consider it as an illegal intrusion, remembering that the final decision always belongs to the field referee. In short, the solution does not seem easy, quite the contrary….
