Referee Federico La Penna and VAR chief Luca Banti made an error in interpreting the protocol during last night’s 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Salernitana.
MilanNews recall the incident in the 70th minute of the game when Charles De Ketelaere fed Ismael Bennacer inside the area and he went down under a challenge from Bradaric that caused La Penna to instantly point to the spot.
The VAR protocol – drawn up by the IFAB – is based on 11 principles and a couple of the key points are listed below:
1. A VAR is a match official, with independent access to the footage of the match, who can assist the referee only in the event of a clear and obvious error.
3. The initial decision made by the referee will not be changed unless the video review clearly shows that the decision was a clear and obvious error.
Therefore if this protocol were to be used properly then the ‘clear and obvious’ element means that a decision could and should only be overturned in the case where contact is missed by the referee or if the referee presumed there was contact but there was not.
In the incident involving Bradaric and Bennacer there is contact, as the Croatian puts his arm on the Algerian and also touches his leg. Banti however was called over for an on-field review and the referee chose to overturn the penalty, without however booking Bennacer for simulation.
Yesterday evening, the report adds, those who were in the VAR room went against the protocol in a clear and crystalline way, or ‘clear and obvious’ if you prefer.
I thought he was a very good ref. Sucks we lost but we didn’t play well, not the refs fault. Would have been a lot worse without our mvp Maignan
We didn’t lose…
Tied rather but feels like a loss
It wasn’t a penalty, stop crying.
Fun fact. This season Milan only got 2 pinalty, 1 against Udinese and 1 against Sampdoria.
Milan also has around 5-6 goals denied by VAR.
I prefer ditching the protocol altogether, let them review it even in just slight doubt. Clear and obvious are subjective matters. Give the teams limited opportunity to challenge decisions by asking for VAR review.
It was not penalty anyway, I would say that Salernitana was tactically better than us.
Guida was in the VAR room last night, nothing more needs to be said.
Maybe there was no penalty, but hadn’t referee overruled it (and he got and the game would 2:1, no one would remember that we played like sh*t.
Barca won a lot of the games this season playing bad, but no one will remember that. Everyone will remember that they have 10 points gap over Real.
So yeah, this decision was against us as there was enough reason to call it penalty
Maybe there was no penalty, but hadn’t referee overruled it (there was a contact though) and the game would end 2:1, no one would remember that we played like sh*t.
Barca won a lot of the games this season playing bad, but no one will remember that. Everyone will remember that they have 10 points gap over Real.
So yeah, this decision was against us as there was enough reason to call it penalty
A ref should be able to review anything questionable. It’s important to get the call right. That wasn’t a penalty, imo.
The bad part for me is that it isnt consistent. If it were consistent then it would end up being very even amongst all of the teams by the end of the season and wouldn’t be a big deal. This isn’t the case, however.
I thought the call was right but to Theo was brought down illegally and it didn’t even get a second look. Italian football is reffed so inconsistently how can it not be corrupt.
The one thing that was clear and obvious is that we put in another shameful performance against a mediocre team. Pioli has no offensive strategy at all, it’s so painful to watch. He’s just hoping the defense holds up and someone pulls off a genius move or we get lucky. That’s it. We will never make the next step forward with him, in fact we have taken several steps back.
I think you right…agree
Barca and Juve would’ve got Bennacer and Theo’s penalties.