Zazzaroni: “This is not football: another scandalous penalty”
07.02.2026, 11:02
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Ivan Dzaccaronidirector Courier of Sportin his column commented on the episode with the penalty after the foul Bremer in the match “Atalanta” – “Juventus”.
“This is not football. What happened to Bremer was another controversial penalty. We continue to observe episodes that have nothing to do with the logic of the game, and each time we have to explain the obvious: this is not the way to judge.
The Bremer situation is further proof of how confused and broken the handball rule has become. We see decisions that change the course of matches but have nothing to do with the player’s intent or the actual dynamics of the episode. And all this happens in silence, as if this is how it should be.
We’re talking about a defender making a natural movement, a ball that barely touches his hand, a moment that in normal football would never lead to a penalty. But in the current version of the game it does. And this is a problem, a huge problem.
VAR, which was supposed to correct mistakes, has become a tool that creates new ones. Arbitrators, instead of using common sense, hide behind protocols that they themselves do not understand. And in the end we get decisions like in Bergamo: decisions that distort matches and irritate everyone who loves football.
If this is the modern interpretation, then it’s time to honestly say: we have gone too far. We’ve lost the essence of the game. And every new episode like this only confirms: the rule about handball needs to be rewritten from scratch, otherwise such “scandals” will be repeated endlessly.”
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