The referees lost their minds. The VAR is fiction, not truth

If there is a bad phrase about the VAR it is ”I told you so”. Also because it is of little use. Instead, everyone would need to have the same objectives, which are to make the very difficult job of the referee easier and improve the sporting culture of a country. But if you put big brother on the field you make everything worse, because this is fiction and not truth. Anyone who has been on the pitch knows very well when the contact is a foul or a normal moment of play. The essence of football is this: you play with your feet, you can’t call a foul in slow motion for a stomp. It’s such a simple thing… VAR creates an unreal world that can work well in online games, but a world full of wonders like football cannot be regulated by a machine. Technology for Goal-No goal and offside that’s fine, but using it in this way is the mortification of a world made for children and which is now becoming unusable by children themselves. Playing football gave the certainty of fun and freedom of expression, now it is a constant stress.

The referees lost their minds

Even during the same match there are things judged in completely opposite ways. The two penalties in Turin, the one that should have been given in Monza (but only by comparing with those awarded in Turin and Florence). The referees and those in charge have lost their minds, and the players are trying to take advantage of it. Once upon a time a stomp didn’t even stop the game, now everyone stops as if their ankle was broken into 4 pieces. I would like to know who decided the VAR rules, but he certainly knows nothing about sport. After all, the battles to introduce it were waged by a great journalist, who however was not a footballer… Football in Italy is everything, you cannot put it in the hands of populism. And then we followed the maxim ‘let’s eliminate favors for the big ones’. Good, but judging in slow motion, with total disparity in judgment from one race to the next, what changes? And in the end you no longer talk about football, and you have a sense of annoyance that makes you lose your love for this sport.

Juve, some of Thiago’s choices are questionable

Let’s move on, as far as possible, to the football played. Juve very good in the first half, where Vlahovic didn’t miss a ball and the team created three clear chances. Bad second half, we saw a team struggling to maintain the necessary intensity. And some of Thiago Motta’s choices turned out to be questionable: Mbangula doesn’t seem to have the pace of a starter at Juventus. Douglas Luiz after 7 games still showed almost nothing. And then Juve must put Yildiz in a position to be important, so they must leave him free to do without confining him to the flank. Otherwise it seems like we’re seeing a young Chiesa.

Contrary to this, Milan risks ending badly

Il Milan it is a contradiction, a presumption of coach and players that is out of this world. Two midfielders, full-backs who push and Pulisic, Leao, Morata and Abraham up front. Not even Real Madrid would dare so much. It seems to me like a bad idea that is developing worse and could end very soon.

Inter, some defenders tired. But the team is there

L’Inter he was lucky in sending off the Torino player but concedes too many goals. I continue to maintain that some defenders are declining, but it is not a structural problem of the team. No tactical and technical problems therefore.

Roma a hybrid, players not suited to Juric’s game

At the Roma I don’t mind Juric’s beliefs, but I don’t know if he has the right men for his game. It seems not to me and it’s a big mess, given that the players suited to his physical game are others. In short, the team is a hybrid, and getting out of it won’t be easy.

Napoli, only Inter seems superior

Al NapoliConte understood everything in a short time. The fact that he can train the players all week is fundamental, for him and for them. They can win the championship, but it depends on Inter: if Inzaghi’s team repeats last year’s path there is no room for anyone, but if they give up Napoli are the main candidates.

Lazio super, Atalanta must find continuity

Lazio continues great. I hope Baroni is appreciated: he is a great coach, very respectable. And he has a team with notable technical values, with a very large squad. Atalanta remarkable, but still worth reviewing. Genoa are a soft opponent at the moment: they’ve sold everyone to Gilardino… Gasperini’s team for now remains exciting and at the same time disappointing. If he cancels the second option he can reach the top places.