Lecce, Saverio Sticchi Damiani rehashes the dose on VAR

Lecce, Sticchi Damiani rehashes the dose

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In the course of an interview with 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', Lecce president Saverio Sticchi Damiani è returned to talk about the controversial episode that occurred in the final minutes of the match with AC Milan, when the intervention of the VAR è was decisive to cancel what would have been the winning goal, scored by Roberto Piccoli, due to a foul against the Rossoneri defender Malick Thiaw.

"I think VAR should be a support for referees to avoid serious mistakes and help in making the right decision in crucial situations. We have come to vivisect everything, but the result of this breakdown by frames in some competitions is used, while in others it is not. The intensity of a step on foot cannot be perceived from a video. Var must unearth obvious errors, not find new types of fouls" began the Lecce president.

"I think that taking discretion away from referees can create problems,” he added.

I learned from the designator that step on foot should always be punished even if it is unintentional or slight. I looked into it and verified that this rule is not written anywhere. I guess it is a line of the match directors to make objective what is not and never will be.

"There is a lot of talk about TV rights, about a product that pleases, but I don’t think it’s the case to propose around the world a distorted soccer on the basis of unwritten rules and practices introduced to give objectivityà" said the Giallorossi patron again.