Lega Serie A’s referee designator Nicola Rizzoli has came out and said he believes Daniele Orsato did not met the expected standards with his controversial performance in Juventus’ 3-2 win over Inter at San Siro.
Orsato made a number of mistakes but Rizzoli was not keen to discuss individual mistakes but rather his performance on the whole.
“I prefer not to talk about individual incidents because it would only create controversy. Everyone make mistakes, and then we can say that he didn’t officiate Inter-Juventus in the way that we’d expect from a referee of his quality.”
Orsato did not referee another game after with many believing he was being punished but Rizzoli moved to explain the reasoning behind this.
“There’s no guilty conscience, but anyone can make mistakes. He wasn’t assigned another Serie A game because he already had commitments abroad, and on the last day of the season he had his sons’ communion.”
He concluded the interview with Radio CRC by backing Orsato and explaining how VAR works.
“Orsato is and remains one of the best Italian and European referees, there’s no doubt about his quality.
“I’m interested in clarifying so people understand when VAR can intervene. The fact is that the referee applies a disciplinary decision, that doesn’t mean VAR can’t intervene and so it’s not correct to say that after the referee’s decision VAR is out of the game. If there are clear situations that endanger the safety of an opponent, then VAR can intervene.”
