The moviola of Napoli-Torino 3-1: Juric is furious with Massimi and he is right

A broken reaction costs Juric red. But in this specific case he was right: Mario Rui deserved a foul and yellow

Torino falls at Napoli and collects the third consecutive defeat: it hasn’t happened since the time of Giampaolo. Maradona’s match without too many stories, addressed by Anguissa’s brace in the opening and closed by Kvaratskhelia in the 37th minute. The meeting is directed by Massimi, who has at least a particular yardstick. He is not wrong in the episodes in the area (one on each side) but infuriates Juric in a couple of circumstances. Let’s retrace the episodes under the magnifying glass.

Regular goals by the Azzurri, the news begins directly at minute 40 ‘, when the restart of the game is delayed for a silent check with the VAR: Singo had hit his head in the area and Kim had rejected with the shoulder, rightly, you play. Around the hour of play, Raspadori asks for a penalty for a contact between him and Lukic: the replay shows that it is the striker of the Italian national team to go after the 10 grenade. Massimi has no doubts and tells Raspadori to get up. At 70 ‘yellow quite forced for Singo, especially considering what happens two minutes later. Singo cuts out Mario Rui with a stop to follow and prepares to enter the area, but right at the gates of the short side, the Napoli full-back trips him: it would be punishment and a yellow card and instead Massimi doesn’t even whistle a foul. Juric and Lukic react in a broken way: expulsion and yellow card. Very little passes and Aina turns to the edge of the area: Simeone hits him from behind and Massimi, once again, decides not to whistle.