It’s expected there will be a summit between Serie A referees and Coaches, due to a series of controversial VAR incidents.
Video Assistant Referees were introduced in the Italian top flight at the start of last season, but this season there have been some contentious incidents.
An alleged foul by Kostas Manolas on Gaston Ramirez was reviewed in the Roma–Sampdoria game, but it didn’t appear to be a “clear and obvious error”.
VAR was used to review an incident where Stephan El Shaarawy’s shot hit the arm of Omar Colley.
It’s expected there will be a summit between Serie A referees and Coaches, due to a series of controversial VAR incidents.
Video Assistant Referees were introduced in the Italian top flight at the start of last season, but this season there have been some contentious incidents.
An alleged foul by Kostas Manolas on Gaston Ramirez was reviewed in the Roma-Sampdoria game, but it didn’t appear to be a “clear and obvious error”.
VAR was used to review an incident where Stephan El Shaarawy’s shot hit the arm of Omar Colley.
A penalty wasn’t given, but VAR wasn’t even consulted for similar incidents in Chievo-Bologna and Atalanta–Inter.
Furthermore, Milan were awarded a penalty against Juventus after an intervention from VAR, though it was far from clear that Medhi Benatia’s hand ball was deliberate.
The Moroccan was on a booking when he conceded the penalty, so should have been yellow carded for deliberate hand ball, as if the hand wasn’t deliberate then the penalty shouldn’t have been given.
According to this morning’s Gazzetta dello Sport, the international break will be used to hold a meeting between officials and Coaches, with the aim of providing more clarity and precision.