Hands of Medel, Turin lacks a penalty. Mihajlovic: “Referee’s gift”

by our correspondent Mario Pagliara

March 6
– Bologna

The grenade is denied a solar rigor that has even the sensational on the Sunday of Bologna-Turin. The episode occurs in the 27th minute of the first half, when Skorupski passes the ball to Medel with his hands picked up by the rossoblù defender in his own small area. In the stands there was a lot of questioning about the episode: was the game stopped? Was it rigor? Why didn’t the referee see him? Sunday’s yellow was solved by the two coaches, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Ivan Juric, in the post-match press conference. “The referee refereed badly throughout the match but in this episode he gave us a gift: if he had applied the regulation, it was clearly a penalty against us”, commented Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic first.

A few minutes later Ivan Juric arrives who, smiling, comments: “Yes, it was a penalty. They did bullshit and they had to pay for it. The fourth man also came to me and said: ‘Don’t you take a penalty like this? ‘. Of course I’ll take it, but if they booed it. “

THE EPISODE

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To understand exactly what happened, we need to go back to the twenty-seventh of the first half of Bologna-Turin. Goalkeeper Skorupski and Medel are in the small area to take a shot from the back. Skorupski places the ball on the batting point and touches it with his foot for Medel as a short pass. At this point what leaves everyone stony happens: Medel lowers himself on his knees, spreads his arms and picks up the ball with his hands, rearranging it and then kicking the bottom. Mandragora protests asking for a penalty kick, but the referee Massimi continues. And the Var remains silent. Toro was denied a solar rigor.