The Hague rejects the penalty awarded to AC Milan against Fiorentina: "VAR should not have intervened."

The slow motion of Milan-Fiorentina continues to be a topic of discussion, but this time the voice comes directly from the AIA. Andrea De Marco, former referee and now in charge of relations with Serie A and B clubs, during the broadcast Open Var su Dazn he dismantled the penalty that decided the match at San Siro. “The VAR shouldn't have intervened because it was an on-field assessment, and Marinelli had read the situation correctly.”, he explained, adding that “the contact between Parisi and Gimenez was not a penalty.”

A clear judgment, which effectively overturns the decision made on the pitch and opens a new front in the debate on the use of VAR.

But the Lissone room, with Abisso at the monitor, called him back advising him to review the action for “possible blow to the face and restraint.” After the check, the referee reversed his decision, awarding a penalty and cautioning Parisi. According to De Marco, however, the warning was a procedural error: "When a referee is called to order, he tends to assume the incident is more serious than it appears. But in this case, there was no penalty."

The former referee then also commented on the fall of Gimenez: "He exaggerated a lot, and this is an issue Rocchi has highlighted. The refereeing commission is considering sanctions for those who simulate or exaggerate contact." Finally, a passage on the final episode, when Gimenez himself kicked Parisi while he was trying to get him up: “An instinctive, non-violent, non-red gesture.”