The episode not seen by referee Sacchi just before Gila’s own goal which decided Juventus-Lazio. And on Sunday it’s Inter for the Bianconeri
In the middle of Juventus’ attack area, the replays show how Douglas Luiz punched Patric in the backthen slipped to the ground. The Brazilian midfielder had just been booked for a late entry on the ankle of Rovella, a former player on duty, but the intervention against Patric was not sanctioned: he escaped both under the control of the referee Sacchi from Macerata and of the Var employees.
After the race the Biancoceleste sporting director Angelo Fabiani did not fail to underline the episode: «We are disappointed by the lack of uniformity of judgment: Douglas Luiz punches Patric, ma la Var does not intervene, he does not see. Yet the images are there. And Douglas himself intervenes with his hammer foot on Rovella, and even there the VAR does not intervene. But he does it on Romagnoli’s intervention, where in my opinion the referee had seen clearly from the field.” For the manager, these episodes add up to others such as the one that occurred in Florence on 22 September: «What is the VAR for? It seems to me that the episodes are only one-sided. And it’s bad for football, not for Lazio. We’re not going anywhere with these episodes. If this is the VAR, let’s do a class action to abolish itthis year is doing damage. Here there is violent conduct, there is a punch.” Fabiani then took things further: «Juve doesn’t need these episodes to win the match». And on the possible idea of challengethe VAR on call, adds: «It would lead to confusion upon confusion, a mechanism would be triggered such that a match would last two or three hours. We must leave the discretion of the referee, who often guesses from the field, but when they show him a still image it becomes a standing penalty
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October 19, 2024 (changed October 19, 2024 | 11:50 pm)
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