🤬Socials slam Bastoni: drop him from Italy squad, TV review looms📲 | OneFootball

Oh, Bastoni. The Inter defender found himself in the eye of the storm in a Derby d'Italia that, without beating around the bush, was ultimately decided by his simulation.

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Kalulu's touch is very light - if you can even call it a touch - and certainly doesn't lead to the Inter player’s fall. However, referee La Penna doesn't have the luxury of time and multiple camera angles and ends up making the mistake. As highlighted by Alessandro Del Piero in the post-match analysis on Sky Sport, the absurdity here lies in the protocol that doesn't allow for VAR review on the second yellow card, not in La Penna's decision, who, at normal speed, was deceived like everyone else at San Siro and beyond.

What no one liked - not even many Inter fans - was the celebration of the Nerazzurri defender who, knowing well that he had at least exaggerated the fall, could have avoided celebrating as if it were a goal.

🥶 The ratings are unforgiving

The newspapers are clear: the attitude of the class of '99 has been criticized by everyone. La Gazzetta dello Sport gives him a 4.5, adding words that leave little room for comments "Weighed down by the quick yellow, he doesn't redeem himself on the double post tap-in. The angel's dive on Kalulu's red does him no honor: off at halftime to avoid trouble".

For Corriere dello Sport, however, half a point more for a round 5: "Booked at the dawn of the match. Unlucky on the double post two steps from the goal. With a cunning move, he provokes the second yellow for Kalulu. Chivu takes him off at halftime".

📲 Social media frenzy: "We don't want him with Italy"

Needless to say, social media is buzzing with nothing else. In the best cases, Bastoni's act is called a farce, but most people are harsh and demand not to call up the defender for Italy: "He doesn't represent the values of the National Team". For this reason, Bastoni has likely closed the possibility of commenting under his posts on Instagram. 

📺  TV review and La Penna's suspension, the point

Many have wondered if after Inter–Juventus it was possible to resort to TV review for a potential suspension of Bastoni. The answer, however, is no. Why? In the contact with Kalulu, the prerequisites provided by article 61 of the Code of Sports Justice, which would allow the Federal Prosecutor to use television images and evaluate the potential opening of proceedings upon notification by the Sports Judge, are missing.

The incident, in fact, leads to the second yellow for the Juventus defender and not a direct red. The rule allows for the intervention of the TV review only in specific cases, including direct expulsions for acts of particular seriousness. Here, such conditions do not exist.

What will most likely happen, however, is a suspension for referee La Penna. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the referee will be stopped for about a month.

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