The Rome technician after the knockout with Atalanta: “They told us that the VAR only intervenes if there is an evident error. Once given the penalty, the referee cannot intervene”
A huge braking, but Roma played as a great team. Against Atalanta, however, Ranieri fails the 20th useful result in a row and now the Giallorossi are at -1 from the Juve and Lazio couple. At the end of the game, the coach was furious with Sozza for some questionable episodes. Above all the penalty revoked by Sozza for alleged contact between Koné and Pasalic. And in front of the microphones Ranieri did not spare himself.
the outburst
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“I want to know from you, the penalty can be discussed maybe there was 60% or not. But they told us that the Var intervenes only if there is an evident error – thunders Ranieri -. Here you can see that Pasalm touches my player’s knee. But now or tell us how we behave and stick to each other. If we want to change the game rules in the game we accept it, but I am not sorry that there will be a uniformity. This episode is rigorous, and once the referee cannot intervene. Then he lashes out with the former referee Marelli, who confirms the decision of the VAR on TV: “He says there is no contact? Ok, I understand. But he does not see the knee that he touches, but how does he say no? Tocca Koné, how does he deny it? We are seeing it! I thank you and good evening”. And leave the interview. Shortly before he had granted a joke about the Champions League race: “After tonight’s race I don’t know if the Champions League is feasible, but we will fully fight as always and how we did so far”, the technician’s comment.
at the conference
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At the press conference Ranieri insists: “There is a rule, if the penalty referee for a contact with the lower part the VAR cannot intervene. It does not judge whether or not there was a penalty, the image can be seen, Pasal touches the knee of one of my players. The referee may also not give it, I am judging and I ask Rocchi: ‘The Var can intervene?’. It was not a clear and evident error. At the other hand, or he made a mistake who has recalled it, or have changed the rules. Then he analyzes the game: “Atalanta is perfect, wonderful, it was the pride of us Italians. There were opportunities on one side and on the other, it was in control but we know that when they leave they are so deadly, we were prepared. Before the game I had told the boys that we must fight for ourselves, until the last second. It does not affect the result, we played from equal to equal, fought and fought from us.” Finally Sulemana. “I eat my hands, I had it in Cagliari and I always told him to pull on the door who had a good football.”
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