Bremer-Hojlund, the'former referee is clear: "Obvious contact"

“On Bremer and Hojlund we are very much on the edge. I see an arm around the neck of the Dane, which is true that he lets go easily but the contact is there and it happens even before the ball starts. Vergara-Kalulu, on the other hand, there&#8217s nothing in my opinion because the Parthenopean footballer lets go. But about Bremer and Hojlund the contact is obvious”. Dazn’s former referee Luca Marelli, a Dazn pundit, had this to say about the contact in the Juventus area in the end of the first half that provoked protests from Napoli players and bench.

The episode also triggered Enrico Varriale, the journalist-fan of Napoli, who lashed out at Maurizio Mariani the director of the Turin match that ended 3-0 to Juventus thanks to goals by David, who scored in the first half, Yildiz and Kostic, who beat Meret in the second half.

“To beat Napoli at its lowest due to injuries and fatigue of the usual people forced to play all the time, Juventus needed a scandalous refereeing decision that denied the penalty of the possible equalizer. Juan Jesus’s mistake from which Yildiz”s goal was born closes a falsified match” Varriale wrote on his own social media.

At the microphones of ‘Sky Sport‘ Antonio Conte was inevitably asked about the contact between Bremer and Hojlund. “I didn&#8217t see it, however I reminded Mariani who had already refereed us against Verona that when he was called back to Var he changed his decision twice – noted the Napoli coach -. These are situations on the field, we are talking about it too often and it is not a good thing. We only hope that both on the part of those watching and those refereeing there is always honesty”.

From this point of view, Conte suggested that he is almost in the situation of preferring refereeing doubts prior to the Var era. “If there&#8217s an error, it has to be a human error. It used to happen, but at that point you could tolerate it more. Because you knew that it was a person who made a mistake. But when you have the support of video, of a film, you struggle more. So let&#8217s hope that the honesty is there, and that this is clean soccer without any special situations” added the Napoli coach with a particularly serious expression on his face.