The refereeing performance of Daniele Chiffi has come under scrutiny after a big call that he made during the first half of AC Milan’s win against Udinese tonight.
Just before the half-hour mark, Chiffi made a very controversial decision as he sent Reijnders off for a last-man challenge. Quite how Lovric had got in behind remains questionable, yet there appeared to be minimal contact between the two before the midfielder threw himself to the ground.
The red card was brandished and it remained, but thankfully Milan would hold on for a valiant 1-0 win thanks to a goal from Samuel Chukwueze that came before the decision, and there was further late VAR drama with the away side seeing a goal chalked off in the 95th minute.
Dal VAR hanno rivisto l’azione da questa inquadratura in cui si nota palesemente che è lovric ad andare addosso a reijnders e comunque non sono intervenuti a richiamare l’arbitro
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Reinjders got beat, dont get beat.
He didn’t get beat. He was trying to help and track back because Terracciano was nowhere to be seen. He ran after the guy because nobody else was marking that guy. That’s on Terracciano who had that sector, not on Reijnders.
I still have my doubts that Reijnders actually touched that diver. Some people here do seem to have seen his leg clipping the guy’s foot and if it’s the case then maybe the decision is not as controversial but still, I’ve read serious refereeing analysts on TV and press, saying that this red was wrong (I agree). I think the Udinese player deserved a yellow for simulation more than Reijnders deserved a red.
When you then couple that with not even a yellow being shown to the guy who criminally stepped on Chuk’s foot then stepped again on his ankle and twisted his cleats, the decision on Reijnders becomes even more puzzling.
OK, let’s say Reijnders indeed should have been shown the red. Then, the Udinese guy who dangerously jeopardized Chuk’s livelihood (could have broken his ankle) should have been shown one too, which would have cancelled Udinese’s man advantage. That’s pretty inconsistent.
The ref values the slightest of touches but ignores that nasty and reckless offense that had Chuk in excruciating pain? Whoa! Not to forget that two Udinese players elbowed our guys and weren’t even shown a yellow.
If you watch the replays you can see TR eyes were on the ball and his movement was too. The Udine player eyes were not and was intending to collide.
Italian ref are losing.
I still doesn’t see it. and from the front view the player even more clearly takes a leap into the air from what i initially could see.
Maybe he tripped over his own legs, but the contact was minimal, but the point about Terricano being missing is well made, I don’t know if it’s just me or he at times is scared to get the ball, I personally feel he is holding up the development of both Barestagi and Jimminez
If it was Barella and not Reijnders, VAR would have overturned that decision..
Fr why is every red against us it becomes insane at that point. How many yellow card fouls this the Udinese player make, yet didn’t receive any yellows for it. Only if they came and conplained they go a yellow of this trash ref
Yes, violent fouls by Udinese players didn’t even get a yellow. Almost all yellows given to Udinese were for dissent; that is, the ref has a big ego and doesn’t want to be challenged, but he couldn’t care less if a guy almost breaks Chuck’s ankle.
And then, he pushed the game to 112 minutes!!! Nothing justified 12 minutes of stoppage time. He seemed to want to see Udinese tie the game.
The decisions who went against Udinese were actually sponsored by VAR, not by this incompetent and/or biased ref.
This was extremely bad and unfair officiating. It’s only because of our guys’ heroic effort that the ref didn’t succeed in preventing Milan’s victory.
The MOTM for Udinese was the ref.
That red card was simulation and should have been yellow card for that Udinese diver.
As for the Udinese player who stomped on Chukwueze foot, that is a straight red card. Shameful refereeing. Serie A referees are corrupt.
I made an upscaled 4K 120fps video of the segment where Lovric fell down in front of Reijnders and uploaded it to youtube. You can find the video by searching for the title:
“Lovric trips himself to get Reijnders red carded”.