Monza protested for a handball in the area by McKennie in the final minutes of the match against Juventus: because referee Massa did not award the penalty kick to the Brianza team. Open VAR analysis by Dino Tommasi, member of CAN.
An episode in the final minutes of Monza-Juventus, a postponement won 2-1 by the team Thiago Motta at the U-Power Stadium, he starred McKennie and led to protests from the Brianza people: on a conclusion of It would run the Juventus midfielder, stationed just inside the penalty area, rejected the ball with his arm slightly wide and the home team asked for a penalty. THE'referee Davide Massa he let it go and after a VAR check the action resumed without any kind of decision on the incident.
Why wasn't McKennie's handball in the area punished with a penalty? In VAR room the referee Michael Fabbri, assisted by Fabio Marescathey considered the touch not punishable because the ball hit the upper part of the arm and what is considered 'green zone' and, therefore, 'don't do it with your hands'.
Nesta controversial for a hand in the area by McKennie in Monza-Juve
A Open YESa DAZN program in which the Italian Referees Association comments and plays the referee-VAR audio of the most discussed episodes of each championship day, Dino Tommasi, member of CAN, he analyzed the episode like this: “There is a green zone and a red zone. The situation was well underlined by the VAR and the assistant. The patch is part of the green zone and therefore it is right not to award the penalty because it is considered a shoulder blow. 'It's a very clear image of the impact and it was processed well by the VAR room. Can we say that it's a 51-49% situation? Yes, but a clear and obvious error is needed to intervene.”
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This is the audio of the dialogue between the referee and the VAR: “Let's look at how he touched it at the end of the action. He bends down to look for the ball, we need to understand if it's in the green part. Wait while we look at it. Let's see if he hits the Serie A patch and if he hits it it's not a penalty. Ok hits it, check complete.”
On the episode that saw McKennie intercept a ball aimed towards the Juventus area Alessandro Nesta, coach of Monza, expressed himself like this: “I don't like to cry on McKennie's arm. For me he widened and was inside the area. I saw that he opened up a little and was safely inside the area. Give a penalty or not, never mind.”
