Referee Matteo Marecano made the right decision in not awarding Sassuolo midfielder Davide Frattesi a penalty in the Serie A clash against Inter Milan yesterday evening.

This is the view in today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews. The newspaper do however criticize the official for a number of errors.

Yesterday evening’s match at the San Siro ended in a 4-2 win for Inter Milan.

However, the scoreline could have been even more eye-catching had the officials seen some decisions differently. First, there were two disallowed goals in the first half, both for offside decisions.

Sassuolo thought they’d gone ahead during the eleventh minute of the match. Neroverdi captain Domenico Berardi had a free header as winger Armand Laurient stood up a brilliant cross to the back post.

However, Lauriente was in a marginally offside position when he initially received a pass from Maxime Lopez. Accordingly, Berardi’s goal was correctly disallowed.

Not long after that disallowed effort, Inter had a disallowed goal of their own.

Forward Joaquin Correa thought he’d scored, with a howler by Neroverdi goalkeeper Andrea Consigli more than playing a role in the Argentine’s effort finding the back of the net.

However, the VAR quickly determined that Nerazzurri wingback Federico Dimarco had been offside when he received the ball before playing it to Correa.

Sassuolo Midfielder Davide Frattesi Denied Penalty Vs Inter Milan

Before any of these disallowed goals, Sassuolo felt they should have had a chance to open the scoring from the penalty spot.

Neroverdi midfielder Davide Frattesi made a charging run into the penalty area during the match’s opening stages. The 23-year-old knocked the ball past Inter keeper Samir Handanovic.

Frattesi immediately appealed for a penalty after going down under contact from the Slovenian. The Italy international midfielder was incredulous as to the decision.

However, in the view of the Corriere, this was all correct. There was clear contact between Handanovic’s right arm and Frattesi’s right leg, causing the Sassuolo to player to go. However, the ball was already out of play at that point, so no penalty.

Lastly, the newspaper suggest that referee Marecano missed a blatant yellow card offense.

Sassuolo midfielder Matheus Henrique appeared to make a blatant stamp on the ankle of Marcelo Brozovic, but somewhat mystifyingly, did not go into the book.