Monza-Roma: audio from the referees on the episode. Here’s what happened

It caused a lot of discussion. Roma’s sporting director Ghisolfi he defined it as “unacceptable not to whistle that clear penalty on Baldanzi”. The technician Juric he spoke of a “scandalous” penalty not awarded. That intervention by Kyriakopoulos that could have given a different ending to Monza-Roma was at the center of the discussion Open Var see Dazn.

Penalty on Baldanzi, the VAR audio

The audio of the Var Aureliano and the referee The Pen he tells how the decision was made in a few moments, after that intervention by the Monza defender on Roma’s attack, in the middle of the penalty area. In the background, a moment after the tackle, with Baldanzi still on the ground, you can hear the Roma players protesting and the referee threatening them: “I’m warning you, eh!”. In the Var room, in Lissone, they begin to evaluate the episode, commenting aloud on the images they see to analyze them: “So, while (Kyriakopoulos) is running he gives him a small stomp on the foot (of Baldanzi). But he’s running and not looking at the ball. But they are running together. That is: he is still and the other is watching the ball”.

Monza-Roma penalty, what the referees say

This is the exchange between Aureliano and his Avar Meraviglia, who seems to agree. At that point, the two reassure the referee: “You can resume the game. They’re running, he steps on his foot but it’s not in any way… he doesn’t do any foul play.” And then La Penna announces it to the players: “It’s not a penalty, it’s not a penalty.” In the studio he agrees Gervasonideputy commissioner designator of CAN A. And he explains why in this case the VAR did not have to intervene for him: “The two players look in the air and neither of the two players makes a foul. We believe it is a fortuitous game clash. We want to compare it to that of Di Lorenzo in Napoli-Monza. We believe that the intervention in Como-Verona, unfortunately punished, is below our usual threshold: we don’t want micro touches or micro stomps to be punished with a penalty kick. For them to be VAR interventions they must be step on foot chiari. That is, punishable in an imprudent manner with a yellow card.”

Ambrosini and Toni: “For us it was a penalty”

He doesn’t agree though Massimo Ambrosini. “No, as a defender I take the risk of bumping into him or hitting him. The imprudence, the risk that the defender takes… for me it’s a penalty.” He thinks so too Luca Toni: “I agree. In our time it was never a penalty, but now… I’ve seen much worse ones given.”