Federico Gatti provided his verdict on the VAR controversy in Friday’s Serie A encounter between Como and Juventus at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. Thiago Motta’s costs left it late to beat the top-flight newcomers 2-1, courtesy of Randal Kolo Muani’s second brace within the shirt.
Juventus took the lead via the French ahead halfway via the primary half earlier than Assane Diao drew Como degree on the stroke of halftime. The motion was forwards and backwards within the second half, with referee Rosario Abisso refusing to award a penalty to the house facet at 1-1.
Anastasios Douvikas had the ball beneath management and ventured goalwards, just for Gatti to place his arm round him. Nevertheless, Abisso deemed the contact inadequate for the spot-kick whereas VAR officers upheld his choice. Juventus would win the sport through an 89th-minute penalty.
That left Como boss Cesc Fabregas fuming as he lashed out at referees after the sport. Nevertheless, Gatti insists Abisso made the correct name.
“I’m truthfully shocked, it’s unusual {that a} coach who performed at such a excessive degree in his profession would say one thing like that,” the Juventus center-back advised Sky Sport Italia through . “It’s frankly ridiculous now that penalties are given for each tiny contact, we defenders aren’t given any assist and we’re excessively penalized.
“We’re not allowed to do something anymore. If we give penalties for this, then we might as properly simply hand over taking part in soccer.”
Juventus have briefly moved to fourth within the standings after successful back-to-back league matches for the primary time since November.