Var chaos, Massimo Mauro throws gasoline on the fire

“It was introduced to punish Juventus.”

The controversy after the incredible episode of the cancellation of Arkadiusz Milik’s goal in Juventus-Salernitana has not subsided. The admission, by the AIA, about the absence of the available images, from which the position of Antonio Candreva that kept Leonardo Bonucci in play by at least half a meter would have been revealed, triggered the most disparate reactions.

Between those who question the value of technology in soccer, and those who argue that fundamentally there was human error in not making sure to carry out a check that included all the players involved in the case being verified, conspiratorial voices are being raised. Like that of Massimo Mauro, a former Juventus and Napoli player who has been a pundit first for Sky now for Pressing for years.

“Either we get it into our heads that Juve won its Scudetti deservedly or we understand that Var was introduced to punish Juventus and resolve the issue. In fact, with Var, Juve won four consecutive championships, so everyone understood that the stronger team won. I trust the referee, he had done everything right, but the Var made him wrong,” the former footballer told ‘Pressing’, on Italia 1, himself. Phrases that will certainly cause discussion, and that radicalize the different positions on the subject.