Milan Derby VAR dialogue announced, head of Italian referee: Such reckless actions are penalty kicks

On November 26th, in this Tuesday's DAZN program, the VAR dialogue when the penalty kick was awarded in the Milan Derby was broadcast, and Italian referee chief Rocchi also commented on it.

In the last round of Serie A Milan Derby, Inter Milan lost 0-1 to Milan. In the 71st minute of the game, Inter Milan forward Thuram dribbled the ball on the right side of the penalty area. After he had kicked the ball out, Milan defender Pavlovich stepped on Thuram's foot. The referee Souza did not award a penalty kick at first, but VAR referee Aureliano later intervened to remind the referee Souza went to the sidelines to watch the video replay and awarded Inter Milan a penalty kick.

The DAZN program played the audio of the referee's conversation at the time:

VAR referee Aureliano: In my opinion, this is a penalty kick. I look at it again...yeah, very obvious. Souza, I suggest you go to the sidelines and watch the video replay. Maybe Inter Milan had a penalty kick.

The referee Souza immediately walked to the display screen on the sidelines.

VAR referee Aureliano: I will show you the moment of contact first, and then perform dynamic replay. This was a reckless move by Pavlovich, the No. 31 jersey.

Referee Souza: Okay, no problem. Now play at normal speed. Okay, it's a penalty.

VAR referee Aureliano: No. 31 Pavlovic, a reckless move.

Rocchi, the head of Italian referees, also attended the DAZN program and commented on the penalty: "When the foul is a reckless action, we will intervene through the courtside video replay. VAR reminded the referee that it was correct, and then the referee made his own penalty decision. . This is a foul action that should be given a yellow card, so it is reasonable to award a penalty kick and show a yellow card. If this is just a normal fight for the ball, VAR will not intervene and a penalty kick will not be awarded. It is the yellow card caused by the reckless action that triggers the courtside video review. Otherwise, every physical contact will be awarded. Penalty kick, this is obviously unrealistic."

Rocky went on to say: "Junior Thuram has passed the ball, and the physical contact occurred later, but this will not change the penalty. There was a similar situation in Florence's game against Lazio last season, and a penalty kick was awarded in Lazio's game this season. In the game, we missed a similar penalty, but we later made it clear that it should be a penalty. Sometimes we make mistakes, but it does not mean that because we missed a penalty at that time, it was wrong to give a penalty in other games. "