Refereeing designator Gianluca Rocchi defends the decision not to send off Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic against Sassuolo. ‘We must accept if the referee evaluates an incident differently even to the majority of people.’
The incident just before half-time in a game that the Nerazzurri eventually won continues to stir controversy.
Handanovic rushed outside his box, realised he was too late to anticipate Gregoire Defrel and tried to pull out of the clash, but they still made contact as they crossed paths.
Luca Pairetto opted to wave play on, as a free kick would’ve inevitably also been a red card offence, while VAR also did not intervene.
“It was the subjective interpretation of the referee,” designator Rocchi told reporters at the introduction of the new VAR centre.
He also rejected any suggestion that VAR had suggested Pairetto go back and view it again, but was ignored.
“It’d be crazy even to think that a referee would refuse to go to the VAR monitor. If that were to be the case, that referee would never work again.
“There are some incidents in football where the subjective interpretation of the official is paramount and we must accept it if the referee evaluates an incident differently even to the majority of people.”
As for whether the Handanovic incident on Defrel represented a clear and obvious error, Rocchi reiterated this is “a subjective situation, so the referee must be allowed to rely on his interpretation on the field.”
There is possibly some change in the way that penalties are awarded, as Rocchi noted they have “asked officials to keep a very high standard for what represents a penalty. We want only very serious penalties.”
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This sounds more like mumbling something rather than clearing up and controversy.
Yes very serious penalties, like the one they called for Atalanta against Milan? LMAO good thing they’re not calling soft ones otherwise we’d have 30 pens each game.
The forward had a great scoring chance if he didn’t dive. 2-0. But no – he would rather try to get the keeper sent off and a free kick 35m from goal!
What a sham. Nothing at all to help the cloud of scrutiny. Last night was awful and more so coming so soon after our painful loss v Atleti. Suppose we were only leading 2 nil last night instead of 3?
“Subjective” :
1. the ability and desire by a referee to effectively change the laws of the game to suit his own agenda, despite the availability of technology as an aid.
After that statement Milan could have a very long season.
‘‘We must accept if the referee evaluates an incident differently even to the majority of people.’
the mention of ‘majority of people’ points to Rocchi basically saying he thinks the referee made a mistake. very telling statement.
Defrel dived, he was falling even before he reached Samir. Ref made the correct call except not booking Diverel.
Yellow for simulation. Shameless.
And they said Juventus get help from ref… =)) sounds bs
Milanisti talking about penalties and ref calls, how many penalties did Milan receive last season? I lost count