The performance of yesterday’s referee, Maurizio Mariani, was not without any doubts. Udinese’s penalty was not clear, there could have been a penalty for Inter when Miranda was brought down and the 5 minute extra time should have been longer. La Gazzetta dello Sport uses video review in an attempt to clarify where Mariani was right and wrong: “The key situation of yesterday’s game was in the 12th minute of the second half, when the score was 1-1. Widmer tries to cross the ball from the right and on its way, the ball touches the hand of Davide Santon. At first, the ruling is that the ball passed the line and Inter is assigned a goal kick. After three minutes and with the help from VAR, Mariani decides it should be a penalty. A penalty that gives Udinese a 2-1 lead after De Paul scores. Besides the doubt of whether the ball on Santon’s hand should be a penalty or not, there was also the question if the ball passed the line before the cross. After that there was an appeal from Inter when Widmer brought Miranda down, but in this case the referee decided not to use VAR, a questionable decision”.
Source: gazzetta.it
