There have been a pair moments of penalty controversy within the second half of yesterday’s Serie A conflict between Inter Milan and Napoli.
Right now’s print version of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, by way of , break issues down.
In the long run, yesterday’s top-of-the-table Serie A showdown led to a 1-1 stalemate.
That end result noticed Inter stay one level behind Napoli. In the meantime, the likes of Atalanta, Fiorentina, Lazio, and Juventus caught up with their very own wins earlier within the weekend.
However it might have been a a lot totally different end result.
Within the second half of yesterday’s match, Inter put the Napoli objective beneath a good bit of stress.
The Nerazzurri had been unable to seek out the objective they had been on the lookout for. However there have been possibilities – together with one from the penalty spot.
Inter Napoli Penalty Controversy Damaged Down
Because the Gazzetta observe, there was a touch of a penalty early on within the second half yesterday.
Wingback Denzel Dumfries fed the ball to Inter captain Lautaro Martinez within the Napoli penalty space.
Martinez’s management stood up and hit the arm of Partenopei defender Matias Olivera because the Uruguayan challenged for the ball.
There was little doubt that the ball made contact with Olivera’s arm.
Nevertheless, referee Maurizio Mariani didn’t see the incident as worthy of a penalty. It was a troublesome state of affairs for Olivera, and he was not making a deliberate try to regulate the ball together with his arm.
Within the view of the Gazzetta, this was the proper resolution. The newspaper additional observe that Martinez didn’t make an attraction for a penalty within the state of affairs.
Inter did, nonetheless, obtain a penalty in any case, later within the half.
That got here from a problem by Napoli midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa on Inter’s Dumfries.
Within the view of Mariani, there was sufficient within the problem to level to the spot. And VAR didn’t intervene to inform the referee to have one other have a look at the incident.
For the Gazzetta, this was a really delicate resolution. Whereas there was contact undoubtedly, and Anguissa didn’t win the ball, the contact was minimal.
So the incident was in all probability proper on the margins.
Napoli coach Antonio Conte on the resolution after the match.
