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 expenses 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 by way of the French ahead halfway by way of the primary half earlier than Assane Diao drew Como stage on the stroke of halftime. The motion was backwards and forwards within the second half, with referee Rosario Abisso refusing to award a penalty to the house aspect 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 by way of 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 fitting name.
“I’m actually stunned, it’s unusual {that a} coach who performed at such a excessive stage in his profession would say one thing like that,” the Juventus center-back advised Sky Sport Italia by way of . “It’s frankly ridiculous now that penalties are given for each tiny contact, we defenders are usually not given any help and we’re excessively penalized.
“We’re not allowed to do something anymore. If we give penalties for this, then we could as properly simply quit taking part in soccer.”
Juventus have briefly moved to fourth within the standings after profitable back-to-back league matches for the primary time since November.