✅Rocchi backs VAR: "Punish Bisseck handball, no Napoli penalty" 🧐
In the usual appointment with Open Var on DAZN, Gianluca Rocchi, Serie A referee designator, analyzed the most controversial episodes of the 37th matchday.
Spotlights focused particularly on Inter-Lazio and Parma-Napoli, with the publication of the complete dialogues between the field and the VAR room.
In the 87th minute of Inter-Lazio, Bisseck touches the ball with his arm in the area, causing the 2-2 penalty. A decision that sparked protests, especially from the Nerazzurri. But Rocchi confirmed the correctness of the call:
"We start from the non-punishability, but Bisseck brings his arm towards the ball and therefore the penalty is to be assigned. Chiffi's position is not the best, he loses the dynamics of the touch. I understand it's hard to accept, but the review is correct."
In the video, the VAR is heard advising the referee:
"He makes a movement, but come and evaluate it," while Chiffi decides after the first image. On the field, there is also a tense exchange with Barella: "We're playing our lives here," says the Inter midfielder. "So are we," the referee replies.
Key episode also in Parma, where Lovik commits a foul on Neres, originating a penalty then revoked for a previous contact between Simeone and Circati. Rocchi praised the review:
"Review done really well, they demonstrate that they have understood the procedural way. First, they go to the penalty that was to be conceded without discussion. Very good in searching for the foul in the action, Doveri proposes the review in a correct manner."
Rocchi added a significant passage on the climate on the field and the recent refereeing philosophy:
"You can perceive the tension that is on the field, we receive criticism as is normal. But the boys manage to remain calm and lucid. This clip is very explanatory. We have worked very well both from a procedural and technical point of view. On the field, the referee is very instinctive, you don't think much, you are very concentrated on the event, you know that in the final minutes your decisions weigh more. The speech, the indication, especially since January, has been: 'let's give important penalties', we can't afford half penalties and half decisions.'"
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