The Bologna CEO goes on TV to protest after the penalty awarded to Kean: “I didn’t like the episodes and I want to be useful to the system, even on the first penalty called there was a handball by Kean”
After Marotta yesterday at the end of Napoli-Inter, this time it’s the turn of Claudio Fenucci, CEO of Bologna, to go on Sky TV to say that he really didn’t like some of the referee’s whistles today in Fiorentina-Bologna (lived by La Penna), during the two penalties awarded to Viola. “First of all, there was a great performance from the team, which was dominating the match. I didn’t like the episodes and I want to be useful to the system. We tried to codify the interventions between the VAR and the pitch and I don’t understand why the VAR doesn’t intervene in some episodes and in others it does. With handballs in the area it’s becoming a different sport but if we agreed to codify some fouls, intervention would be needed when they occur. There were some episodes, but I want to talk more generally of how we want to interpret football. There was also a foul on Bernardeschi which was evident, so much so that the player fell, and therefore the VAR intervention would have been appropriate. On Fiorentina’s first penalty there was a handball by Kean first, so attention is needed because the VAR has become a fundamental element. Then there was Holm’s second yellow card and it was a different game,” his words.
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“The episode regarding Bernardeschi is very clear. I’ve been in football for 30 years and you don’t often see me talk about referees but as a manager I say that the VAR must intervene appropriately in some coded episodes”, concludes Fenucci.