Marcus Thuram is stunned that there was not a penalty given for what he perceived to be a foul on him during the 1-1 draw between AC Milan and Inter last night.
Milan were forced to settle for a point in the Derby della Madonnina against Inter, conceding a late equaliser. Tijjani Reijnders had given the Rossoneri the lead at the end of the first half, then right at the end of the second the Nerazzurri levelled through Stefan De Vrij.
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Inter though appear to be furious about a spot kick that they were not given in the second half. Both Theo Hernandez and Strahinja Pavlovic went in for a challenge with Thuram, though VAR adjudged the ball to have been won clearly. The replays showed Pavlovic may have caught his calf, but softly.
After the full-time whistle, Thuram spoke to DAZN (via MilanNews) to offer his thoughts on the game, echoing those of his head coach Simone Inzaghi who ranted about the lack of a penalty.
Was it just a goal that was missing?
“A pretty tough match against strong players at Milan, we hit the post a lot, goals that were offside, the incident of the penalty not awarded with Pavlovic: then we managed to score.
“We’re missing a penalty tonight, it can happen, I also miss goals: I don’t understand why there is VAR. Football is made of mistakes. We had a good reaction.”
What was the mood in the dressing room?
“I don’t know about the mood, I came here straight away. We know that in the first half we didn’t play Inter’s brand of football. In the second half we played better but when you play for Inter you can’t settle for a draw even if a goal in the last minute is better than a defeat. We’re not happy.”
The first half wasn’t like Inter…
“Against Monaco we finished the game in ten minutes. It’s true that all games are different. Today we reacted well.”
It was never a penalty.
Clear penalty. Milan got really lucky.
Any referee will say you that, fans input is irrelevant in things like this.
Well the referees on the pitch yesterday and those in the VAR room seem to disagree with you on this matter.
Everyone disagrees with him but he’s blowing up the comments trying to convince everyone it was a pen… as I said in the other post – a special kind of goofball..
The call was the call, sure, but I think it’s wrong to claim that “it was never a penalty”. At the end of the day, referees still have to interpret the play and make a call. What I saw was Pavlociv clearly taking out Thuram’s trailing leg. In my opinion, if there is no Theo, it’s a penalty. Now, if we can agree to that, then we must ask why would the presence of Theo alter the call? A foul is a foul, and a foul in the box ought to be a penalty. We see this all the time in football. For some reason tackles that are usually called fouls outside the penalty box are not fouls in the penalty box. Anyway, I say this not because I wish Inter would have gotten a penalty, but because this ultimately affects us too. One day we will be in Inter’s shoes and going mad because we didn’t get the call. But I guess until there is a perfect beholder (I’m referring to the ref), there will never be consistency.
I’m not saying that it isn’t impossible for it to be a penalty, but to say that “Any referee will say you that” while it wasn’t even reviewed in VAR room is a bit exaggerated IMO. The sequence doesn’t even figure in the serie A or inter’s official youtube pages. You could say it was Thuram who was trailing his legs, or that Théo won the ball regardless…
As for “us being in inter’s shoes”, we’ve been there time and time again, just remember the scudetto season and that goal cancelled against Napoli, or that Spezia incident where we scored a legimate goal that was overturned and led to Spezia stealing the win from us.
@Giga94, well that’s exactly what I’m saying re Napoli and Spezia. Sometimes it seems to depend on what side of bed the refs got up from. It shouldn’t be this way, but unfortunately some calls, including VAR review, are still ultimately subjective. I guess only the pundits win here.
Ok Inter fanboy, everyone knows your agenda against Milan
You were extremely sad Inter didnt score 4 goals
“Any referee will say you that, fans input is irrelevant in things like this.”
LOL. Your input is irrelevant as the referees who were in charge said it’s not a penalty.
Keep crying, clown boy
Didn’t look like a penalty they got the ball first. If anything Inter 3rd canceled goal was more controversial than this.
yup. That’s why as harsh as it sounds, 1-1 was probably a fair result.