Overview
- Referee Francesco Fourneau awarded Torino a late penalty after a VAR-initiated on-field review for contact between Pavlovic and Simeone, and Nikola Vlasic converted to seal a 3-2 result.
- Massimiliano Allegri blasted the decision on the touchline, saying it made him want to stop coaching, before tempering his tone in the press room.
- Former referee Giampaolo Calvarese said VAR is intervening without a consistent threshold and urged that every VAR camera angle be shown on television to assess incidents transparently.
- DAZN analyst Luca Marelli noted Fourneau likely did not see the episode live and stressed that judging the ‘intensity’ of contact remains subjective, which keeps decisions inconsistent.
- In Fiorentina v Inter, referee Colombo and VAR chose no penalty for Pongracic’s handball, a call Marelli supported as a natural arm position while Graziano Cesari and Mauro Bergonzi said it warranted a spot kick, with broadcaster Fabio Caressa voicing confusion over handball criteria.