😨Was David’s goal valid? Offside line drawn on the wrong player‼️ | OneFootball

In a period when every weekend we find ourselves discussing referees, even the Coppa Italia doesn't leave us at ease.

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Juventus wins 2-0 in their home match against Udinese, advancing to the quarter-finals of the competition and securing their third consecutive victory across Serie A, Champions League, and Coppa Italia.

Everything went according to plan - in short - at Juve's home, and "thankfully" one might say. Imagine what would have happened if Spalletti's team had been eliminated after a seemingly regular goal by Jonathan David was disallowed in the 33rd minute, with the score at 0-0.

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The action's dynamic is simple. Miretti receives at the edge of the area and perfectly slots it through for David.

The Canadian then fails to control it, letting the ball slip to the goal line. From there, however, number 30 invents a phenomenal play, unleashing a shot that surprises Sava and ends up in the net.

Referee Fourneau validates it, but from the VAR room, they call him back: at the moment of Miretti's pass, David is indeed beyond Bertola, theoretically the last visiting defender. However, further back, towards the sideline, Palma seems to be keeping everyone onside, having moved from his position to close in on Yildiz. 

On Mediaset, former referee Morganti reconstructed the episode, explaining that "Lega Serie A provided the image from which it appears that David remains offside even compared to Palma". The lines drawn by the VAR room, in short, seem to confirm the offside, but doubts remain.

🔙 The precedent

Curiously, there is a previous case, played in the same stadium where the decision of the referee had also disadvantaged Juventus. 

We are talking about Juve-Salernitana in September 2022, where the Bianconeri drew 2-2, seeing their third goal disallowed for an offside that was actually non-existent.

At the time, the team coached by Max Allegri lost two points, but this time it went better. The error, however, remains and calls into question the quality of the referee category. Even when it comes to drawing the offside line, the one thing on which - in theory - there shouldn't be major doubts.

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