Was there a red card for Handanovic’s intervention on Defrel last night in Sassuolo-Inter? The decision of the Pairetto referee, who let it go, caused a lot of discussion. Very important episode because it happened at the end of the first half with the Emilians ahead of a goal. It was 46 ‘, for a mess of De Vrij, Defrel flies alone towards Handanovic, who in desperate exit outside the box does everything to avoid him but touches him with his right elbow on the face. Pairetto does not whistle and the Where does not intervene: the referee’s interpretation is that Defrel goes towards the goalkeeper. The match it will end 2-1 for Inter.
For Marelli right not to expel Handanovic
After the game he complained a lot the Sassuolo coach Dionisi, who also wondered why the Var did not intervene, but for Luca Marelli the decision of Pairetto – recently proposed as new international referee – it was right. The former referee from Como on Dazn gave his opinion saying: “I would say that it is right. There was a very slight contact but Handanovic tried to move in all ways with respect to Defrel’s trajectory. In turn, the Sassuolo player tried to skip the Nerazzurri goalkeeper but tried a little too much for contact ”.
“Pairetto whistled the end of the first half. There were no grounds for an off-review. If the foul on the Inter far defender had been recognized, it would have been punishment and red for him. There would therefore have been the extremes for the VAR to intervene, but from my point of view it was right to let it go ».
Fans protest on social media for Handanovic’s failure to red
Reactions on twitter: “it was expulsion because the Sassuolo player takes an elbow in the face” or even: “the question is: without crossing with Handanovic, Defrel would he go “in the door”? it reminded me of an intervention by Meret (expelled) on Ronaldo in Napoli-Juve a few years ago, referee Rocchi, where the contact was minimal, just like this “.
There are those who write: “The punishable contact for me is not so much the elbow (which in my opinion is already punishable) as the fact that with the left foot, after having already hit Defrel in the face, Handanovic kicks Defrel knocking him down. It cannot not be rosso. For me there is no mitigating “and finally:” And the movement of Handanovic’s left leg / foot is not even natural (if he had wanted to avoid contact, the leg would have dragged her). Instead he raises it voluntarily to hit Defrel, which he does well ”.
SPORTS 03-10-2021 08:26
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