Key episode in the 51st minute of Inter-Torino. The referee initially had drawn the direct red, before retracing his steps having reviewed the action at the Var
We are at minute 51 ‘of Inter-Torino. There is a pitched ball about fifteen meters in front of the grenade area. They jump in two, Sanabria and Calhanoglu. The Paraguayan waves and hits the Turk in the face. Ayroldi has no doubts, pulls out the red card and expels the Torino player, mimicking the elbow gesture. Protests from Juric players are immediate.
But the desperation of having to play almost all of the second half in ten vanishes within seconds. The Var recalls the referee who, after reviewing the action, “cancels” the expulsion and limits himself to admonishing Sanabria. Contact is made with the forearm on Hakan’s face and not with the elbow.
10 September – 19:24
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