The VAR officials had no shortage of different camera angles to look at and, with a nearly four minute check, all the time in the world to look at, and yet their final decision still prompted uncertainty and irritation regarding Juventus’s goal against Inter yesterday.

This is the verdict in today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews, who argue that the decision-making process underlying the decision to allow Filip Kostic’s goal for the Bianconeri to stand despite a handball in the buildup was frustratingly unclear.

What is not in any doubt is that there was an apparent handball by Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot in the buildup to Kostic’s goal for the Bianconeri.

However, this alone would not be sufficient grounds to disallow the goal, as the currently standing rule does not necessarily state that all goals must be disallowed for an attacking handball in the buildup.

The issue, for the Corriere, is that it is not at all clear what the regulation actually does state based on the decision rendered by the VAR.

The officials took four minutes to look at the incident and had 28 available camera angles from which to do so.

In the end, the decision arrived that there was no conclusive reason to overrule the on-pitch decision to allow the goal to stand.

However, the exact rationale for that decision is opaque, and it would be hard to say exactly what would have been considered an illegal attacking handball.