Open Var, the analysis of the cases of Atalanta-Napoli and Milan-Parma

Guest of Open Var, the format of Dazn, Figc, Aia with the collaboration of the Lega Serie A, the former referee and now member of Can Dino Tommasi analyzed the most controversial episodes of the last weekend of the championship. There were two matches that produced the most discussed cases: Atalanta-Napoli and Milan-Parma.

atalanta-parma

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Referee Chiffi, with Aureliano and Di Paolo at the VAR, Atalanta-Napoli (2-1) first made headlines for the penalty revoked from Hojlund after the alleged contact with Hien: “Absolutely correct decision. There is no foul by the Atalanta defender, Hojlund looks for contact while Hien is stationary. Chiffi is positioned well, he has a wrong feeling and he notices it immediately in front of the monitor. We focus a lot on the centrality of the referee, here the referee has made a wrong field evaluation.” The analysis on the goal disallowed for Gutierrez due to a previous foul by Hojlund on Hien is different: “Looking at the images there is a melee. The Atalanta defender looks for contact with the opponent. It’s not enough to consider it a foul. It’s a field error.” Here the on field review was not recalled as Lissone also agreed with Chiffi’s assessment. “They endorsed the choice, they see a withholding – explains Tommasi -. The decision on the pitch is much more important for us and in this case it was wrong. If it had been correct, there wouldn’t have been these problems”.

MILAN-PARMA

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And we come to Parma’s victory at Milan. Match refereed by Piccinini, with Camplone and Pairetto at the Var. Piccinini initially disallowed Troilo’s goal for an alleged foul by Valenti on Maignan. But following the OFR, the network is then validated. “The yellow-blue player is completely still, he doesn’t make any movement towards the Milan goalkeeper, he doesn’t obstruct his exit and has the right to position himself there. The on field review is correct, there is no foul. Even as regards Troilo, it’s absolutely regular: he steals time from Bartesaghi, who doesn’t jump. It’s right to validate the goal.” Finally, this is Tommasi’s analysis of the clash between Corvi and Loftus-Cheek for which the Rossoneri claimed the penalty: “It’s a fortuitous clash of play, there’s an attempt by the Parma goalkeeper to make contact with the ball, but it’s taken away from him by his teammate who pushes it away. It’s very sorry for the AC Milan player who got the worst of it, but it’s a regular footballing situation.”