Paolo Di Canio and Luca Marchegiani mentioned Roma shouldn’t have been awarded a late penalty in opposition to , however Italian actor Luca Zingaretti hit again on social media: ‘Lazio followers, they’re bitter about it.’
Roma’s late penalty kick, permitting the Giallorossi to safe a on Sunday, has precipitated controversy in .
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Referee Daniele Chiffi initially noticed a foul on Parma defender Sascha Britschgi however modified his thoughts after reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.
Each gamers appeared to tug one another’s shirts, however based on Chiffi, it was the Parma defender, who additionally obtained a second yellow card, who dedicated a foul worthy of a penalty.
Paolo Di Canio
Di Canio: VAR verify for Roma penalty ‘extreme’
“I’m undecided whether or not it’s not a penalty, or not a penalty in any respect,” Di Canio, a former striker, mentioned throughout Sky Sport Italia’s post-match present final night time through
“There’s room for doubt with different penalties, however right here he lets himself go in entrance of the opponent and throws himself down. Calling the referee for a VAR verify appears extreme to me. To me, one participant is pulling the opposite’s neck, so it’s a foul in Parma’s favour.”
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Beppe Bergomi and Alessandro Costacurta argued that Britschgi’s shirt tug was worthy of a penalty, however Marchegiani, one other ex-Lazio star, agreed with Di Canio: “It’s not a penalty. VAR shouldn’t have intervened. It ought to solely resolve clear-cut circumstances. It’s debatable, on the very least.”
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Italian actor Zingaretti, a well known Roma fan, adopted the present on TV and reacted to Di Canio and Marchegiani’s claims with an Instagram story: “Can you actually have Lazio followers commenting on a penalty awarded to Roma, when you possibly can clearly see they’re bitter about it? Do you actually assume they’d say it was a penalty?”