Italian Serie A - 2019-20

This the new handball rule at work. Will take a while for refs to recalibrate
If there is no room for interpretation then i refer to my previous post about United. VAR is killing the game.
 
Looked a pen live, but on replay would be ridiculous if they confirm

Edit: confirmed. Wow :wenger:
 
Both penalties were ridiculous calls but the second was even more grotesque. This referee must be stopped
 
That's precisely why we need VAR, what the feck were they doing here :wenger:
 
Embarassing penalty to concede also for me.

For those who are not watching the game:



:wenger::wenger::wenger:
 
If the penalty for fiorentina is a penalty under the new handball rules, then the rule is an abomination and must be scrapped asap

Also the presence of mind by di lorenzo to let go of ribery's arm just outside the box so VAR can't intervene to correct another obvious mistake by the ref :lol:

What a game though. Fiore didn't deserve to lose
 
Both penalties were ridiculous calls but the second was even more grotesque. This referee must be stopped
Both were ridiculous but for different reasons: the first because of a rule that is stupid (but it was penalty), the second because of the decision of the referee and VAR assistants. But don't think that referee or assistants can be stopped. The VAR in Italy has been introduced only to help Juve opponents to win, not to take the right decision. So you can be sure that nobody will do anything against the referee, or Mertens. Theorically it is possible, in Italy, to judge things like this through the justice authorities of the federation, but probably nobody would do that because 1) next match is Juventus - Napoli and that would be a scandal 2) the prosecutor is a fan of Napoli and many times requested such kind of judgement against Juventus in the past (for really absurd reasons) but never will do it against Napoli, particularly if the reason is not absurd.
 
:lol: how is that a pen?!?!
Was VAR not used? Jesus Christ they should have shown some fair play and said it was not a pen. Trashy by Mertens.

Klose did that a few years ago for Lazio.

Fiorentina are my favorite team in Italy because of there ties to Sporting so I was disappointed they lost in such a way.
 
Was VAR not used? Jesus Christ they should have shown some fair play and said it was not a pen. Trashy by Mertens.

Klose did that a few years ago for Lazio.

Fiorentina are my favorite team in Italy because of there ties to Sporting so I was disappointed they lost in such a way.

VAR agreed and decided it was a penalty.
 
The new handball rule is an abomination
 
Ref and VAR ref from fiorentina-napoli to be suspended for next week's games
 
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