The controversy surrounding Parma’s successful objective exhibits no signal of dying down, with outstanding refereeing analyst and former official Luca Marelli wading into the talk.
Marelli, who serves as DAZN’s main referee analyst and is likely one of the most revered voices in Italian soccer on such issues, targeted his evaluation on two key moments: the contact between Troilo and Bartesaghi, and the block by Valenti on goalkeeper Mike Maignan that preceded the objective.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Mariano Troilo of Parma Calcio celebrates after scoring their workforce’s first objective through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Parma Calcio 1913 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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On the Troilo-Bartesaghi contact, Marelli was comparatively relaxed, agreeing with former Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini that the incident must be thought-about authorized.
Bartesaghi, he argued, appeared to buckle beneath solely slight strain, whereas Troilo jumped largely unimpeded, sufficient to deem it throughout the guidelines.
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It was Valenti’s block on Maignan that drew Marelli’s sharpest criticism.
Citing Rule 12 of the Legal guidelines of the Recreation, particularly the part on obstruction, he argued the block constituted a transparent try to impede the goalkeeper’s motion in the intervening time the nook was struck. “By way of the rules, this objective mustn’t have stood,” he mentioned plainly, with .
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Nonetheless, Marelli reserved maybe his most pointed remarks for the VAR course of itself.
ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Davide Bartesaghi of AC Milan competes for the ball with Mateo Pellegrino of Parma Calcio through the Serie A match between AC Milan and Parma Calcio 1913 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Regardless of concluding the block was irregular, he argued the incident didn’t meet the brink required for an on-field overview.
“Are we a transparent and apparent error? No,” he mentioned. “Piccinini spent a really very long time on the monitor, he was clearly unsure. And if there may be doubt, it’s not worthy of an OFR.”
Referee Piccinini had initially disallowed the objective earlier than reversing his resolution following a prolonged VAR overview, a course of Marelli believes ought to by no means have taken place.