Venezia were furious that Inter’s goal was allowed to stand after an apparent Edin Dzeko elbow left Marco Modolo with a bruised cheekbone, but there’s a reason VAR could not intervene.
The Lagunari had taken the lead at San Siro through Thomas Henry and conceded the equaliser from Nicolò Barella.
Dzeko collided with a high arm on Modolo and the Venezia defender had a very clearly visible bruise on his cheekbone.
VAR stopped play to examine the incident in the build-up, but did not intervene.
There were protests, but it’s entirely possible that was a foul and still VAR would not be able to disallow the goal.
This is because the coming together was a long way before the goal, with another Venezia player being in control of it during that time, so a new move was started.
The Dzeko challenge was therefore not part of the build-up to the goal and could not be disallowed using VAR.