Not just Milan-Lazio. Open VAR analyzed all the main refereeing episodes of the thirteenth matchday.
Rocchi has in fact shifted his attention to Parma-Udinesespecifically on an episode of alleged “DOGSO”the foul intended to deny an obvious scoring opportunity.
To then end with the big match between Roma-Napoli with the discussed intervention by Amir Rrahmani su Manu Koné on the occasion of the goal scored by the Azzurri.
These all Rocchi’s statements to Open VAR on the last round played in Serie A.
Open VAR, Rocchi’s words
The first episode was about the DOGSO which led to the red from Troilo, a Parma player, during the match against Udinese. The yellow-blue defender holds the opponent by the shirt, committing a do it “not genuine”.
For this reason, even if the intervention was committed in the penalty area (where the disciplinary measure is usually downgraded), “the VAR room rightly called the referee for the red card, given that it is the regulation a foul not aimed at touching the ball even in the penalty area leads to expulsion“, explained Rocchi.
Roma-Napoli, the episode of Neres’ goal
On the alleged foul by Amir Rrahmani on Manu Koné, at the beginning of the action that led to Neres’ decisive goal, the VAR Room initially wants to see clearly: “He’s definitely out of the area“, say the various players. The referee then explains: “I was two meters away, it was never a foul”.
Below are Rocchi’s words: “In the VAR room, there is a bit of confusion at first. At the same time, both VAR and AVAR (Di Bello and Aureliano) have different opinions. In the end, however, there is no foul. At first it seemed like a foul to me too. I have to compliment Massa on how he refereed. He sees the ball first of all, therefore the decision is right. They were also good in the VAR room, because they evaluated the action well. To make it clear, if a penalty is awarded here, VAR makes you take it away“.
