«Not punishable, however...». Audio from VAR on Deiola's cross and Kossounou's arm
Doubts and controversy over the missed penalty awarded to Cagliari in the match against Atalanta.
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“Absolutely not punishable… but…” And then, after reviewing the action several more times: “Check completed, you can resume the game.”
These are some of the audio passages of the dialogue between the VAR room and referee Pairetto during the last match between Cagliari and Atalanta . The episode is the one that has caused the most discussion: Deiola's cross - with the score at 0-0 - intercepted with an arm by Kossounou from inside the penalty area after a rebound.
"For me he catches it with his arm, but he is falling," Pairetto immediately tells his colleagues Paterna and Abisso in front of the monitors . And the latter confirm, even if after numerous reviews of the incriminated action.
However, doubts do not seem to be lacking, even if in the end the "not punishable" is reiterated, without the awarding of the penalty kick that could have given the rossoblù the chance to take the lead.
Of a different opinion, in addition to numerous insiders, also Mauro Tonolini , member of the CAN , according to whom «here we must speak of a mistake on the pitch and in the VAR room, because the attitude with which Kossounou opposes Deiola's cross is a punishable attitude, his arm is already high above the line of his shoulders even before Deiola's cross starts . He is taking a risk, then going to impact the ball. It is therefore a situation worthy of a penalty».
(Online Union)
