Inter-Venezia was a tightly contested match, mainly due to the Nerazzurri’s waste of a colossal amount of goal-scoring opportunities, right up to the final thrill with a goal disallowed for Sverko due to a handball.
During the match, there were many other refereeing incidents that required the intervention of Var Marini to support referee Ferrieri Caputi. Among these, a goal disallowed for Henrikh Mkhitaryan and a penalty not awarded for handball on a shot by Mehdi Taremi, in both cases for offside.
The incident that is most talked about, however, is the alleged foul by Denzel Dumfries on Ridgeciano Haps. The Dutchman’s push appears to be very light, and the Venezia player clearly handles the ball: the referee decided to award the free kick in favour of the lagoon players, but there could have been grounds for a penalty in favour of the Nerazzurri.
Tuttosport comments on the incident: Inter, to be honest, also deserved a penalty but the referee saw a very slight push from Dumfries on Haps who had struck the ball awkwardly“. And further, in Ferrieri Caputi’s report card: “The contact by Dumfries on Haps who handles the ball in the Venezia area is a close relative of the one between Bondo and Theo Hernandez on the unjustly disallowed goal on Saturday at Monza. The disallowed goal is something for Var…“.
