📸 Conceição-Gila, penalty error: why didn’t VAR intervene? 🧐 | OneFootball

A decidedly complicated day for the entire refereeing class, with the peak of controversy reached in Lazio-Juventus.

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There are two incidents that referee Colombo handles not poorly, but disastrously. The first arises from a contact between McKennie and Guendouzi: the Lazio midfielder, launched towards the goal, is overwhelmed by the American.

No whistle, and above all no yellow card — which would have been the second. In this case, the error is entirely the referee's, because the VAR cannot intervene. But the worst comes shortly after.

In the Biancocelesti penalty area, Gila clearly - and late - hits Conceição. The penalty is undeniable and can be seen almost in real-time, with the reaction of the Biancocelesti defender who realizes the mistake made. Colombo whistles nothing, the Bianconeri protest and await a VAR intervention that, however, does not come.

At Sky Calcio Club Fabio Caressa explains why no one from the operations room called Colombo to the monitor to review the incident: "The referee believes he saw the incident, the VAR considers it a field decision, why is that? Last Sunday (see Milan-Fiorentina) there was an excessive intervention according to the AIA and - probably - there was a meeting where they said "enough with the soft penalties", result? The VAR never intervened".

The incident was also commented on by Luca Marelli on Dazn: "Gila immediately realizes he messed up because he steps on Conceição's foot. He accentuates the contact, but we know that all players do that now. It's surprising that there was no on-field review, it's such an evident incident that it's unclear why there wasn't one”.

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