Returning to the latest Lazio-Juventus arbitration controversy a Maracanatransmission of TMW Radiowas the former referee Claudio Gavillucci: “Milinkovic-Savic goal? These episodes are difficult to analyze on TV. Contacts and pushes on TV don’t pay off particularly, on the pitch it is perceived better. In Italy we are used to seeing referees calling this type of foul but we have to stop. In Europe they are never called because they are not fouls. Alex Sandro and Milinkovic look for each other, then to say that that turns into a foul we pass. I agree with Di Bello’s judgment.
The plastic fall and the dive with the arms raised does not help the referee’s judgement, indeed accentuating it led the referee not to blow the whistle rather than to do it. If there had been a two-handed push, it would have made the gesture more blatant and made the push voluntary. In the whole match, however, Di Bello didn’t boo similar pushes, so he was consistent with the yardstick adopted. Locatelli’s foul on Milinkovic? We look at the dynamics and not the last frame. Locatelli arrives first, does not hit the ball fully and ends up on the opponent’s knee with momentum. From UEFA this intervention is considered yellow, because it is not aimed at hurting the opponent. Square? Di Bello has sinned in the management of the Colombianwho has repeatedly committed fouls punishable with a card, see immediately at the beginning. Penalty on the Church? I haven’t found any elements to give the foul”.
