Former referee Andrea Damato, now head of technical refereeing, commented on the episodes that marked the match between Parma and Bologna. During Open VAR on DAZN, the former whistle-blower explained the mistakes made on the occasion of the penalty awarded to the Ducali and the missed second yellow to Cancellieri.
RIGOR. “We have a touch of Beukema’s hand. This is not a penalty to be awarded as far as we are concerned. The defender’s arms are in a congruous position, they are not put in an unnatural way and also the posture he takes is quite consonant as an attitude to make opposition to what is an attacker’s shot. There is also to consider the very little distance between the two. These penalties are not to be given.”
MISSED SECOND YELLOW TO CANCELLIERI. “Unfortunately, there was an error on the part of the referee. It was a careless foul. Cancellieri had already been cautioned, so he should have been sent off. VAR could not intervene from protocol, it remains a field error that unfortunately happened.”
