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Roma 0-1 Napoli, CorSport’s VAR Review: Napoli’s Goal Was Legal

A match without major errors for Massa, although he still missed a few things. For everyone, and this is just one example, Di Lorenzo’s stamp (even if only on the tip of the foot) on Mancini was definitely a foul; it’s not a matter of a high threshold (and the referee certainly set it that way). Likewise, the disciplinary consistency was lacking. His numbers: 27 fouls called and seven cards given.

Napoli’s Goal Was Legal: Rrahmani Touches the Ball

In the build-up to Neres’ goal, Rrahmani slides in on Koné, touches the ball, and that saves him from committing a foul, even though the ball stays there and, without that intervention, Koné could have headed towards goal. But everything that happens before counts, and so, before the contact, there’s a touch on the ball that changes its direction, so it was right for VAR not to intervene.

Sanctions: A Card Was Missing for Mancini and Buongiorno

He wanted to set the match without cards, at least in the first half, then seven came in the second half. Still, Mancini’s prolonged holding on Hojlund deserved a yellow. Then, if the disciplinary action against Cristante was correct (and it was, as he stopped McTominay’s counterattack), Buongiorno should also have been booked (for his foul on Baldanzi), especially to maintain balance in the match.

Carlo Gioia

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