😡 Atalanta-Roma fury: were Scalvini and Scamacca’s goals legit❓ | OneFootball

The incidents involving Scalvini's goal and Scamacca's disallowed goal infuriated both Roma and Atalanta in last night's match at the New Balance Arena. 

Two situations that made Gasperini, Svilar, and Palladino angry in the post-match. Let's look at the analysis, statements, and the day-after review from experts and newspapers.

Scalvini-Svilar contact: goalkeeper and Gasperini 😡

In the 12th minute, Svilar comes out on a corner kick, loses the ball after colliding with Rensch, then comes into contact with Scalvini, who has both hands on Svilar, and then the goal comes from the rebound. Referee Fabbri confirms everything because Svilar loses the ball before the contact with the opposing player.

However, there is another doubt: Scalvini touches the ball with his chest, the ball is then brushed again by Svilar, and then the Atalanta defender seems to make the last touch with his right arm. If that were the case, the goal should be disallowed because the touch would have occurred immediately before the goal.

In the post-match, Gasperini's reaction is clear: "This is an unprecedented absurdity, there are two things: the hands on the goalkeeper's face and the arm touching the ball, so it's not even just one thing, it's absolutely inexplicable.”

Svilar was also very angry speaking to DAZN: "I could have caught the ball, then even one of my teammates prevented me from catching it, but after that moment someone hit me on the head from behind, in my opinion when the goalkeeper is touched in the six-yard box it's a foul. [....] It would have been better if I hadn't watched the footage right away."

😵 No one agrees: not even in the analyses

An incident that does not find agreement among the newspapers: La Gazzetta, in fact, claims that "There is neither a foul nor a handball", while Corriere dello Sport says: "The handball seems to be there but it was not assessed."

Instead, for Gianpaolo Calvarese, "The replays do not clarify whether the touch occurred or not". Another opinion comes from Luca Marelli on DAZN: "Both of Scalvini's hands are on Svilar's face before the defender touches the ball, so the goal should be disallowed. There is no handball."

🫣 Scamacca's disallowed goal, Palladino furious but newspapers say it's OK

In the 28th minute, Hermoso miscontrols the ball with no pressure from opponents, Scamacca goes to contest the ball starting from an offside position and then the play develops leading to the goal, scored by Scamacca himself. Referee Fabbri goes to the monitor and disallows the goal: Hermoso's touch is not considered a play and Scamacca's position affects the action.

Palladino is booked on the bench: "It's a circus" shouts the Atalanta coach, who doubles down in the post-match: "I don't understand why Scamacca's goal was disallowed, also because the Roma player tries to control, misses it, and gives us the ball. The goal was perfectly valid, the referee told me that's how the rules are but at the start of the season we're told different things".

According to La Gazzetta, "the terminology of the rules is convoluted but the goal should be disallowed", an opinion also shared by Corriere dello Sport: "The collaboration between referee and VAR worked."

The same assessment was made by Luca Marelli on DAZN: "The decision is correct" and Gianpaolo Calvarese: "The offside should be considered active".

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.