US EditionSerie A referee designator apologises after controversial Kalulu sending-off
Referee designator Gianluca Rocchi admitted the second yellow card for Kalulu was incorrect and apologized, highlighting VAR's current inability to review such decisions.
- On Feb 15, Serie A referee designator Gianluca Rocchi apologised and said referee Federico La Penna was 'clearly wrong' in showing Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu a second yellow, adding VAR could not fix it.
- Kalulu was sent off after an incident in which Alessandro Bastoni tumbled and gestured to the referee claiming Kalulu grabbed his shirt, but television replays suggested no contact while league VAR protocol prevents review of yellow-card incidents.
- Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti and Giorgio Chiellini confronted referee Federico La Penna in the tunnel after the match, protesting the decision and a VAR gesture despite protocol limits.
- Rocchi told ANSA the league was sorry, saying, `We are very sorry about the incident, about La Penna's decision, which was clearly wrong, and about the fact that VAR could not be used to rectify it,` and added La Penna was mortified while others also erred.
- Calls for changes to VAR procedures have intensified after the disputed call, as Juventus director Giorgio Chiellini called the incident 'completely unacceptable' and urged VAR protocol in Serie A to change.
18 Articles
18 Articles
Happy, contented, applauding. The typhus solves everything, makes innocent every culprit, and sport, indeed football, is master of hypocrisy, notoriety, regulator of every injustice through compensation. You tricked me? Then wait until the next I will screw you. The simulation of Alessandro Bastoni who had expelling Pierre Kalulu in the party Inter-Juventus was so plastic, so theatrical and so much observed that it could be counted among the top…
The former OL attacker took a direct red in the match between the Hellas Verona and Parma this Sunday for Day 25 of Serie 1.
The reaction on the social media of Juventus player, unjustly expelled in the game with the Nerazzurri
It will be decided on 28 February: if the changes had already been in force it would perhaps have been expelled Sticks in its place
Soccer-Serie A referee designator apologises after controversial Kalulu sending-off
Feb 15 (Reuters) - Serie A referee designator Gianluca Rocchi said referee Federico La Penna was "clearly wrong" in showing Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu a second yellow card during Saturday's loss at Inter Milan, and apologised over the incident. Read full story
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 37% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
