🤯 Folorunsho, no ban? VAR and ❌ video evidence: rules need changing ⚠️ | OneFootball

No TV review for Folorunsho. After the insults and unspeakable, condemnable phrases directed at Hermoso during Cagliari-Roma, the Sardinian midfielder will not be punished.

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The Sports Justice Code, specifically Article 61 (Paragraph 3), does not allow the use of video footage in cases like this.

An incident that risks becoming a real case, especially looking to the future and possible similar situations.

🤬 The insults to Hermoso’s mother

In the second half of Cagliari-Roma, Folorunsho and Hermoso had a heated argument on the pitch, which escalated to physical contact.

"Your mother does bl*****, that wh*** of your mother, your mother does bl*****, that wh****" are the insults directed by the midfielder at the Spanish defender, caught on camera and quickly going viral.

🤯 Why Folorunsho cannot be suspended

Article 61, paragraph 3, allows the use of TV review "only for acts of violent conduct or seriously unsportsmanlike behavior or concerning the use of blasphemous expressions not seen by the referee or VAR, with the consequence that the referee could not make decisions regarding them." 

The regulations allow suspension through video footage only in cases of blasphemy, while they do not provide for intervention by the Sports Judge in cases where VAR does not intervene for “violent conduct, biting or spitting" or "acting in an offensive and/or insulting manner,” as in the specific case of insults.

❌ Good intentions denied

Faced with an incident of such magnitude in the media, the lack of intervention by Sports Justice could send a strong negative signal.

Just weeks after the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,” the various red marks on faces and campaigns could be contradicted if Michael Folorunsho is not suspended, even though he apologized a few hours after the match.

"And it is useless to wave the word 'Respect', it is useless to refer to Fair play—which means not only attention to the rules, but above all loyalty—if then everything is forgotten in the blink of an eye," emphasizes La Gazzetta dello Sport.

⚠️ Doubts about VAR and regulations

What is thought-provoking, however, is the actual use of VAR, together with the regulations in cases like this.

In the past, there have already been questionable situations where the use of video footage seemed necessary and obvious, such as the blasphemy uttered by Lautaro Martinez or the alleged racism case Acerbi-Juan Jesus.

In both instances, the decision was made not to punish, sparking heated debate in public opinion and raising some doubts about the effectiveness of Sports Justice.

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