Juve returns to winning but Monza protests for a penalty denied following a suspicious touch by McKennie: the case analyzed at Open Var on Dazn
After four draws in a row, the Juventus returned to success in the championship by beating 2-1 Monza away. But the Brianza protested for a penalty denied by Massa following a suspicious touch by McKennie. The episode was clarified on Open Var, the weekly in-depth analysis broadcast on Dazn on the most controversial cases of the last round of Serie A.
Monza-Juventus McKennie case: what happened
In the 82nd minute of the match at the U-Power Stadium and with the score 2-1 in favor of the team led by Thiago Mottaa has been registered touch between McKennie's shoulder and arm on a conclusion by Ciurria. Material for the VAR, in short.
Having evaluated the doubtful episode, the referee Massa he let the game continue: no penalty for Monza, who then failed to equalize. For the Bianconeri a precious success that puts an end to the series of four consecutive draws: the Juventus thus relaunching itself in the race for the top four places in the ranking.
McKennie touch, no penalty: the VAR audio
The dynamics of the action is evaluated by Var Fabbri and fromAvar Maresca. Thus Fabbri: “We need to understand how he rejected it at the end of the action, I would say head on.” We then proceed with a more accurate analysis of the intervention McKennie on the Monza player's shot: “We need to understand if it is in the green partWhy he ducks to go look for the ball.”
“Let's look if it hits the Serie A patch: if he hits it, it's not a penalty. Ok hits her, check completed”. The VAR verdict allows Massa to give the green light to restart the game without awarding the penalty to the Lombard team.
Open Var: the explanation of The Hague, red and green zone
The member of Can is present in the Dazn studios Dino Tommasiwhich explains the reason why the eleven-metre shot was not allowed, focusing on the difference between red zone and green zone.
“In this case the situation – he says – is well underlined by the VAR and the assistant. The Serie A patch falls within the green zone, so the penalty is not awarded as considered a blow from the shoulder. The red zone, however, is the actual arm.” Tommasi adds that “a very clear image is missing of the impact. And to intervene you need a clear and obvious mistake.”
